A classification scheme for turbulence based on the velocity-intermittency structure with an application to near-wall flow and with implications for bed load transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Keylock, C J ^a   Nishimura, K ^b   Peinke, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEDLOAD; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; JET FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKE;

EID: 84859452185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002127     Document Type: Article

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