Spatial variability of three-dimensional Reynolds stresses in a developing channel bend

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1029-1043

  Jamieson, E C ^a   Post, G ^a,b   Rennie, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST HYDRAULIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel bend; Laboratory experiment; Reynolds stress; Secondary flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; CHANNEL BED; CHANNEL BEND; CLEAR WATER SCOUR; CROSS SECTION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEADING EDGE; MEAN FLOW FIELDS; MEAN VELOCITIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPEN-CHANNEL BENDS; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SAND-BEDS; SCOUR HOLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THREE COMPONENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENT ENERGIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT STRESS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC ENERGY; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS SECTION; ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; SCOUR; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77954556991     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1930     Document Type: Article

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