Turbulence in an inundated urban environment during a major flood: Implications in terms of people evacuation and sediment deposition

Mechanics and Industry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-106

  Chanson, H ^a   Brown, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evacuation safety; Field data; Flooding; Sediment; Turbulence; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; OIL WELL FLOODING; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBULENCE; URBAN PLANNING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; EVACUATION SAFETIES; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOOD FLOW; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84901446320     PISSN: 22577777     EISSN: 22577750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/meca/2014017     Document Type: Article

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