The effect of lateral channel contraction on dam break flows: Laboratory experiment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 432-433, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-153

  Kocaman, Selahattin ^a   Ozmen Cagatay, Hatice ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complex topography; Dam break; Digital image processing; Flood wave propagation; Lateral contraction; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DAM BREAK; DAM-BREAK FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD WAVE PROPAGATION; FLOWTHROUGH; FREE SURFACES; HYDROGRAPHS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LATERAL CONTRACTION; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS;

DAMS; EXPERIMENTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAM; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLOOD WAVE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY METHOD; TOPOGRAPHY; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84858439708     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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