High-resolution numerical modelling of flow - Vegetation interactions

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 775-793

  Marjoribanks, Timothy I ^a   Hardy, Richard J ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b   Parsons, Daniel R ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; large eddy simulations; streams and rivers; vegetated flows; vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VEGETATION; VORTEX FLOW;

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; EULER-BERNOULLI BEAM EQUATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMMERSED BOUNDARY TECHNIQUE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TURBULENCE DYNAMICS; VEGETATED FLOWS; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

BIOMECHANICS; DRAG; EULER FLOW; FLOW MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RESOLUTION; VEGETATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84919442446     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2014.948502     Document Type: Article

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