Comparing different methods of bed shear stress estimates in simple and complex flow fields

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1403-1415

  Biron, Pascale M ^a   Robson, Colleen ^b   Lapointe, Michel F ^b   Gaskin, Susan J ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed shear stress; Flow deflectors; Reynolds shear stress; Turbulence; Turbulent kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; KINETIC ENERGY; LANDFORMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BED SHEAR STRESS; FLOW DEPTH; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY (TKE);

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BED; FLOW PATTERN; RIVER CHANNEL; SHEAR STRESS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER BED; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 7244254475     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1111     Document Type: Article

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