Stability of bedforms in laminar flows with free surface: From bars to ripples

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 642, Issue , 2010, Pages 329-348

  Devauchelle, O ^a,b   Malverti, L ^a   Lajeunesse, E ^a   Lagre, P Y ^c   Josserand, C ^c   Thu Lam, K D Nguyen ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute convective; Lubrication theory thin films; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; LAMINAR FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ABSOLUTE/CONVECTIVE; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; INSTABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; LUBRICATION THEORY; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BEDLOAD; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RIPPLE; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 76249104276     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991790     Document Type: Article

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