Estimation of the bed shear stress in vegetated and bare channels with smooth beds

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3647-3663

  Yang, Judy Q ^a   Kerger, Francois ^a   Nepf, Heidi M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

bed shear stress; buffer layer; Law of the Wall; linear viscous stress; open channel; vegetated channel

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR FLOW; VEGETATION; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

BED SHEAR STRESSS; LAW OF THE WALL; LINEAR VISCOUS; OPEN CHANNELS; VEGETATED CHANNELS;

SHEAR STRESS;

BOTTOM STRESS; BUFFER ZONE; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION COVER; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 85027932547     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016042     Document Type: Article

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