Bend theory of river meanders. Part 2. Nonlinear deformation of finite-amplitude bends

DOI10.1017/S0022112082000767zbMath0542.76057OpenAlexW2149113274MaRDI QIDQ3330785

Syunsuke Ikeda, Kenji Sawai, Gary Parker

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112082000767

zbMATH Keywords

expansion techniquemeanderingalluvial meandersbend instabilitycharacteristic wavelengthsgeneralized nonlinear equation of bend migrationincised meandersinerodible sidewallsinstability of alternate-bar typerationale for continuous evolution of alternate bars into true bendssinuous channel with erodible banksstraight channelssupraglacial meltwater streams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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