Influence of channel aspect ratio and curvature on flow, secondary circulation, and bed shear stress in a rectangular channel bend

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1045-1059

  Kashyap, Shalini ^a   Constantinescu, George ^b   Rennie, Colin D ^a   Post, Gavin ^c   Townsend, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST HYDRAULIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial channel bend; Bed shear stress; Bend erosion; Curvature ratio; Flow structure; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; BED SHEAR STRESSS; CHANNEL ASPECT RATIOS; CURVATURE RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SECONDARY CIRCULATION;

CELLS; CLOCKS; CYTOLOGY; EROSION; FLOW STRUCTURE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASPECT RATIO;

CHANNEL FLOW; CURVATURE; FLOW STRUCTURE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STREAMFLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 84876702580     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000643     Document Type: Article

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