Numerical evaluation of the effects of planform geometry and inflow conditions on flow, turbulence structure, and bed shear velocity at a stream confluence with a concordant bed

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2079-2097

  Constantinescu, George ^a   Miyawaki, Shinjiro ^a   Rhoads, Bruce ^b   Sukhodolov, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; INFLOW; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRIBUTARY; TURBULENCE; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84915811119     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003244     Document Type: Article

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