Structure of turbulent flow in a meander bend of a lowland river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sukhodolov, Alexander N ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SHEAR STRESSS; CHANNEL CURVATURE; EFFECT OF CURVATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LENGTH SCALE; LOWLAND RIVERS; NATURAL RIVER; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; THEORETICAL RESEARCH; TURBULENCE PROFILE; TURBULENT SHEAR STRESS; TWO LAYERS; UPPER LAYER; UPSCALING; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

LAKES; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PIPELINE BENDS; RIVERS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEANDER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOMENTUM; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIFFLE; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 84855911687     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010765     Document Type: Article

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