Subaqueous barchan dunes in turbulent shear flow. Part 1. Dune motion

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 675, Issue , 2011, Pages 199-222

  Franklin, E M ^a   Charru, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

granular media; particle fluid flow; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; EROSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; FRICTION VELOCITY; GRANULAR MEDIA; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BARCHAN; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHANNEL FLOW; GRANULAR MEDIUM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 79959242037     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112011000139     Document Type: Article

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