Saturation of curvature-induced secondary flow, energy losses, and turbulence in sharp open-channel bends: Laboratory experiments, analysis, and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Blanckaert, K ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORY METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; CURVATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATURATION; SECONDARY FLOW;

EID: 77954322148     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001137     Document Type: Article

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