Numerical model for sediment transport and bed degradation in the Yangtze River channel downstream of three gorges reservoir

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 729-740

  Zhou, Gang ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Shao, Xuejun ^a   Jia, Dongdong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Numerical models; Reservoirs; River bank erosion; River beds; Sediment transport; Waterways

Indexed keywords

CHINA; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS; RIVER BANK EROSION; RIVER BEDS; WATERWAYS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIMULATORS;

RIVERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BANK EROSION; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SUSPENDED LOAD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 69249089395     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2009)135:9(729)     Document Type: Article

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