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

9 July 1970

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Vol. 42 (3) , 491-495
https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211207000143x

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.

Keywords

DIAGONAL PATTERN
BED FORM
PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE
CHANNEL WIDTH
STRAIGHT SAND
DEPTH RATIO
THEORETICAL VIEWPOINT
BED CONFIGURATION

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Summary of alluvial channel data from flume experiments, 1956-61
Published by US Geological Survey ,1966
Discharge of sands and mean-velocity relationships in sand-bed streams
Published by US Geological Survey ,1964