Modeling Bed Changes in Meandering Rivers Using Triangular Finite Elements

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1348-1352

  Vasquez, Jose A ^a,b   Steffler, Peter M ^c   Millar, Robert G ^b  

^a NORTHWEST HYDRAULIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Finite element method; Meandering streams; Movable bed models; Numerical models; Sediment transport; Two dimensional models

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RIVERS; SCOUR; SEDIMENTATION; EROSION; MESH GENERATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPTH-AVERAGED MODELING; MEANDERING CHANNEL; MEANDERING RIVERS; MEANDERING STREAMS; MOVABLE BED MODELS; SAND-BEDS; TRIANGULAR FINITE ELEMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; RIVERS;

AVERAGED MODEL; BED SLOPE; CURVED CHANNELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENTS; FULL SCALE; HELICAL FLOWS; MEANDERING CHANNELS; MEANDERING RIVERS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; OBSERVED DATA; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEANDER; MODELING; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SCOUR;

EID: 50049086668     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:9(1348)     Document Type: Article

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