Double-averaged velocity profiles over fixed dune shapes

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 669-697

  McLean, Stephen R ^a   Nikora, Vladimir I ^b   Coleman, Stephen E ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Double average; Dune; Law of the wall; Mixing; Separation; Spatial averaging; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AVERAGED VELOCITY; CARTESIAN; EDDY VISCOSITIES; HEIDELBERG (CO); POWER LAWS; REYNOLDS' STRESSES; SPATIAL AVERAGING; TIME-AVERAGED VELOCITY; UNIFORM FLOWS; VELOCITY PROFILING; VELOCITY SHEAR;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

BEDLOAD; DUNE; MIXING; POWER LAW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEPARATION; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 47249083881     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0031-0     Document Type: Article

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