Sand dunes in steady flow at low froude numbers: Dune height evolution and flow resistance

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-14

  Niemann, S L ^a   Fredsoe J ^b   Jacobsen, N G ^b  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Avalanches; Boundary layer flow; Dune height; Flow resistance; Numerical models; River morphology; Sand waves; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES; DUNE HEIGHT; FLOW RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; SAND WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AVALANCHE; BEDLOAD; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DUNE; ERODIBILITY; FLOW MODELING; FROUDE NUMBER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; RIVER CHANNEL; SAND WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STEADY FLOW; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 78650276251     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000255     Document Type: Article

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