Ripple and dune formation in rivers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 673, Issue , 2011, Pages 121-131

  Colombini, M ^a   Stocchino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

instability; river dynamics; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PLASMA STABILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BED SHEAR STRESSS; FLOW REGIMES; PARTICLE REYNOLDS NUMBER; PHASE LAGS; RIPPLE FORMATION; RIVER DYNAMICS; SHIELDS PARAMETERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BOTTOM STRESS; DUNE FORMATION; INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIPPLE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 79955996705     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112011000048     Document Type: Article

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