"Barbs" for river bend bank protection: Application of a three-dimensional numerical model

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1087-1095

  Minor, B ^a,b   Rennie, C D ^a   Townsend, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Robinson Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbs; Channel bends; Groynes; Movable bed models; Numerical models; Scour; Secondary flow; Three dimensional models; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCOUR; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

BARBS; GROYNES; MOVABLE BED MODELS;

BANK PROTECTION;

BANK PROTECTION; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCOUR; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW FIELD; GROIN; RIVER BANK; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36148953928     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-088     Document Type: Article

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