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The bed configuration of straight sand-bed channels when flow is nearly critical

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

H. Y. Chang  and
D. B. Simons
H. Y. Chang
Affiliation:
San Diego State College, San Diego, California
D. B. Simons
Affiliation:
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Abstract

The diagonal pattern of bed form which appears in sand-bed channels when the channel width to depth ratio is great and the flow is nearly critical is discussed from the theoretical viewpoint by using the method of characteristics. Some photographs illustrate the phenomenon.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , 9 July 1970 , pp. 491 - 495
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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