Flow characteristics in different densities of submerged flexible vegetation from an open-channel flume study of artificial plants

Geomorphology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-324

  Li, Yiping ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Anim, Desmond Ofosu ^a,b   Tang, Chunyan ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Ni, Lixiao ^a   Yu, Zhongbo ^a,c   Acharya, Kumud ^d  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow velocity; Manning coefficient; Open channel flume; Reynolds stress; Submerged artificial plants; Turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

EQUATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84887217176     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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