Effect of depth on flow over a fixed dune

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1587-1599

  Balachandar, Ram ^a   Hyun, B S ^b   Patel, V C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth effect; Dune; Quadrant decomposition; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DEPTH EFFECT; DUNE; QUADRANT DECOMPOSITION;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

FLOW VELOCITY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONVECTION; DEPTH; DUNE; FIXED STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 40449135075     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-068     Document Type: Article

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