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Dec 31, 2015
Motion of Mobile Beds at High Shear Stress
Authors: Kenneth C. Wilson and Fidelia N. NnadiAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1992
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High stress or upper-plane-bed condition may be encountered in rivers in flood, large flows in estuaries, and closures or breaches of cofferdams or dykes. Because of very high rate of sediment transport with this type of flow, it has a disproportionate effect on both topographic features and engineering works.
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Coastal Engineering 1992
Pages: 2917 - 2925
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© 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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Kenneth C. Wilson
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Fidelia N. Nnadi
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
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