Nature of flow and turbulence structure around an in-stream vertical plate in a shallow channel and the implications for sediment erosion

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kirkil, Gokhan ^a,b   Constantinescu, George ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL OSCILLATIONS; BLUFF BODY; CHANNEL DEPTH; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HORSESHOE VORTICES; INCOMING FLOWS; INITIAL STAGES; LARGE-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES; NECKLACE VORTICES; NONDIMENSIONAL; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RECTANGULAR CYLINDER; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SCOUR PROCESS; SEDIMENT EROSION; SEDIMENT PARTICLES; SHALLOW CHANNELS; SHARP EDGES; SUPERCRITICAL REGIME; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; VERTICAL PLATE;

AMPLIFICATION; ASPECT RATIO; FLOW SEPARATION; FLOW SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

BOTTOM STRESS; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; EROSION RATE; FLOW MODELING; MORPHODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM CHANNEL; TURBULENCE; VORTEX;

EID: 70049106326     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007363     Document Type: Article

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