On the formation of ripples on an erodible bed

DOI10.1017/S0022112084001567zbMath0546.76071OpenAlexW2074853828MaRDI QIDQ3336919

Mehmet Bakioglu, B. Mutlu Sumer

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112084001567

zbMATH Keywords

linear stability analysisextension of theory of Richardsformation of ripplesgrain Reynolds numberhydraulically smooth and transitional flows over erodible bed

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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Cites Work

• The formation of ripples and dunes on an erodible bed

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