Modelling of the initiation and development of tidal creek networks

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 76-88

  Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a   Shimizu, Yasuyuki ^a   Kimura, Ichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Computational mechanics; Hydraulics ; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX CHANNELS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DEVELOPING PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELING; NETWORK DEVELOPMENT; NETWORK GEOMETRY; TIDAL ENVIRONMENTS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CHANNEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84887185154     PISSN: 17417597     EISSN: 17517737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/maen.2012.12     Document Type: Article

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