Numerical simulation of sand waves in a turbulent open channel flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 753, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 150-216

  Khosronejad, Ali ^a   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

computational methods; geophysical and geological flows; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW SEPARATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STRATIFICATION EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGIES; TURBULENT OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

EROSION; FLOW MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SAND WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 84912100049     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.335     Document Type: Article

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