A general model of lateral depth-averaged velocity distributions for open channel flows

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 846-857

  Tang, Xiaonan ^a   Knight, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model; Open channel; Velocity

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VORTICITY;

LATERAL TURBULENCE; STREAMWISE VORTICITY; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VORTICITY;

MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SECONDARY FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 41749113275     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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