Criterion of vehicle stability in floodwaters based on theoretical and experimental studies

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1619-1630

  Xia, Junqiang ^a   Falconer, Roger A ^b   Xiao, Xuanwei ^a   Wang, Yejiang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flume experiments; Incipient velocity; Scale ratio; Similarity theory; Theoretical analysis; Urban floods; Vehicle stability

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOD; FLUME EXPERIMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84891120882     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0889-2     Document Type: Article

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