Channel and shoal development in a short tidal embayment: An idealized model study

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 677, Issue , 2011, Pages 503-529

  Brake, Miriam C Ter ^a   Schuttelaars, Henk M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coastal engineering; morphological instability; pattern formation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FRICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGICAL INSTABILITY; PATTERN FORMATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PERTURBATION; VARYING PARAMETERS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BAY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW STABILITY; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHOALING WAVE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CHANNEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 79959270596     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.97     Document Type: Article

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