Numerical simulation of turbulent sediment transport, from bed load to saltation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Durán, Orencio ^a,b   Andreotti, Bruno ^a   Claudin, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FLUID VELOCITIES; LARGE DENSITY RATIO; REYNOLDS AVERAGED; SATURATION TIME; SHEAR VELOCITIES; TRANSPORT LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84868624345     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757662     Document Type: Article

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