Effect of winnowing on armored bed stability

Winnowing failure, edge failure and shear failure are indicated as three main factors to cause armored bed failure in typhoon-induced flood in Taiwan. This report investigates the fundamental reasons of winnowing failure by studying the motion of particles in a two-dimensional rectangular cavity und...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shen, Danqian.
Other Authors: Chiew Yee Meng
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15850