Modelling turbulent flow in two-stage meandering channels

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-173

  Rameshwaran, Ponnambalam ^a   Naden, Pamela S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods and floodworks; Hydraulics and hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; KINETIC ENERGY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVERS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENTS; FREE SURFACES; NATURAL RIVERS; RIVER BLACKWATER;

CHANNEL FLOW;

FLOOD FLOW; FREE SURFACE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEANDERING FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FREE SURFACE FLOW; MEANDER; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

BLACKWATER RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 6344239065     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2004.157.3.159     Document Type: Article

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