Measuring the drag force of vegetation

31st IAHR Congress 2005: Water Engineering for the Future, Choices and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2142-2151

  Wilson, C A M E ^a   Schnauder, I ^a   Mas, J ^a   Hoyt, J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; STRAIN GAGES; VEGETATION; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL SET UP; FLOW RESISTANCE; FOLIAGE PLANTS; PROJECTED AREA; STRAIN GAUGE TECHNIQUE; UNIFORM DIAMETER; VEGETATION SPECIES;

DRAG;

EID: 60749114134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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