Flow and deposition in and around a finite patch of vegetation

This laboratory study describes the flow and deposition observed in and around a finite patch of vegetation located at the wall of a channel. Two patch densities are considered with 2% and 10% solid volume fraction. The velocity field, measured in and around the patch by acoustic Doppler velocimetry...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zong, Lijun, Nepf, Heidi
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61314