Turbulent Stresses and Secondary Currents in a Tidal-Forced Channel with Significant Curvature and Asymmetric Bed Forms

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-208

  Fong, Derek A ^a   Monismith, Stephen G ^a   Stacey, Mark T ^b   Burau, Jon R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; HYDRAULICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER RESOURCES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SECONDARY FLOW; TURBULENCE;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BEDFORMS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; MEAN FLOW PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; REYNOLDS STRESS; SECONDARY CURRENTS; STRESS CURRENT; TURBULENT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT STRESS;

DRAG;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BEDFORMS; BOUNDARY SHEAR; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; EBB TIDES; FLOOD TIDES; FRICTION RESISTANCE; LOCAL CURVATURES; MEAN FLOWS; MOMENTUM BALANCES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; REYNOLDS STRESS; SECONDARY CIRCULATIONS; SECONDARY CURRENTS; STUDY SITES; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL CYCLES; TURBULENT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT STRESS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 60649120262     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2009)135:3(198)     Document Type: Article

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