Flow and sediment transport in vegetated waterways: A review

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-287

  Montakhab, A ^a   Yusuf, B ^a   Ghazali, A H ^a   Mohamed, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Channel hydraulics; Flow; Reynolds stress; Transport; Turbulence; Vegetation channel; Vegetation porosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865415056     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-012-9266-y     Document Type: Review

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