Human body stability in floodwaters: The 2011 flood in Brisbane CBD

ISHS 2014 - Hydraulic Structures and Society - Engineering Challenges and Extremes: Proceedings of the 5th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chanson, H ^a   Brown, R ^b   McIntosh, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2011 flood; Brisbane River; Field measurements; Floodwater; Human body stability; Incipient velocity; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; WATER LEVELS;

2011 FLOODS; BRISBANE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOODWATER; HUMAN BODIES; INCIPIENT VELOCITY;

FLOODS;

EID: 84907343299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14264/uql.2014.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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