Velocity profile modeling in rectangular and compound open-channel cross sections

Irrigation Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 471-484

  Marjang, N ^a   Merkley, Gary P ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC STRESS MODEL; BOUSSINESQ HYPOTHESIS; OPEN CHANNELS; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; REYNOLDS STRESS EQUATION; STRESS MODELS; SURFACE VELOCITY; UNIFORM FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILES; WATER RESEARCH; WATER SURFACE;

HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION CANALS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77952742463     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-009-0163-2     Document Type: Article

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