Morphology of a stream flowing down an inclined plane. Part 2. Meandering

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 607, Issue , 2008, Pages 401-411

  Birnir, B ^a   Mertens, K ^b   Putkaradze, V ^b,c   Vorobieff, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; WETTING;

CONSTANT VALUES; DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; INHERENT INSTABILITY; POWER LAW SCALINGS; THEORETICAL MODELING; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

MACHINERY;

FLUID MECHANICS; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 47149114613     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002000     Document Type: Article

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