Experimental analysis of cross-sectional flow motion in a large amplitude meandering bend

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-256

  Termini, Donatella ^a   Piraino, Mafalda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bed topography; Kinetic energy; Meandering channels; Secondary flow; Stream curvature

Indexed keywords

BED TOPOGRAPHY; BOUNDARY SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; COUNTER ROTATING; DEPTH RATIO; DOPPLER VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FINE GRIDS; FLOW MOTION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEANDERING CHANNEL; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; STREAM CURVATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULICS; ROTATION; SECONDARY FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VELOCITY;

KINETIC ENERGY;

AMPLITUDE; BED ROUGHNESS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CROSS SECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; KINETIC ENERGY; MEANDER; OVERBANK FLOW; SECONDARY FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM BED; STREAM CHANNEL;

EID: 78851470247     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2095     Document Type: Article

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