Measuring velocity and shear stress over dunes with acoustic Doppler profiler

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 932-936

  Kostaschuk, Ray ^a   Villard, Paul ^b   Best, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Parish Geomorphic   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler systems; Dunes; Flow characteristics; Measuring instruments; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR FLOW; ESTUARIES; FRICTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER PROFILERS; DOPPLER SYSTEMS; DUNES; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; LAW OF THE WALL; MEASUREMENT OF VELOCITY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY; DUNE; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; STRESS MODELS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; FLOW OF WATER;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER PROFILER (ADP); DUNES;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLOW OVER SURFACE; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOW OVER SURFACE; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 4444359599     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2004)130:9(932)     Document Type: Article

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