The shape of submarine levees: Exponential or power law?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 619, Issue , 2009, Pages 367-376

  Birman, V K ^a   Meiburg, E ^a   Kneller, B ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LEVEES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINES;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; NAVIER STOKES SIMULATION; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EMBANKMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; ENTRAINMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LEVEE; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SHAPE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 65649126432     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004862     Document Type: Article

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