ON THE GEOMETRICALLY SIMILAR REPRODUCTION OF DUNES IN A TIDAL MODEL WITH MOVABLE BED
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Keywords

moveable bed
tidal model
dune
dune construction

How to Cite

ON THE GEOMETRICALLY SIMILAR REPRODUCTION OF DUNES IN A TIDAL MODEL WITH MOVABLE BED. (1970). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(12), 142. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v12.142

Abstract

A model design method is suggested which is based on the principles of the theory of dimensions and which is evaluated by experimental relations for the geometric properties of dunes. The model is distorted and, in general, non Froudian. The geometrically similar model dunes are reduced in vertical model scale. The scale of the flow velocity is derived from a generalised friction equation which takes into account the influence of both skin friction and form drag. The application of the method is illustrated by a numerical example. This example indicates that a practicable set of scales is obtained if the model bed is formed by a light weight material.
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