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Resistance to sheet flow

dc.contributor.authorSaghafian, Bahram, author
dc.contributor.authorJulien, Pierre Y., author
dc.contributor.authorColorado State University Center for Geosciences, Hydrologic Modeling Group, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-07T15:42:49Z
dc.date.available2016-07-07T15:42:49Z
dc.date.issued1989-01
dc.descriptionCER88-89BS-PYJ13.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 58-62).
dc.descriptionJanuary 1989.
dc.description.abstractThe results of a literature review on resistance to sheet flow are presented. The effects of surface roughness, rainfall, and vegetation are considered. At least in the case of laminar flow, it is found that the total flow resistance is the sum of the contributions of individual effects. The friction factor for the surface roughness effect in laminar flow is directly proportional to the relative roughness and varies inversely with the Reynolds number. A power function of rainfall intensity in laminar flow can represent the effect of rainfall on the product of friction factor and Reynolds number. For turbulent flow, however, the friction factor depends on the surface conditions which are partitioned into smooth, transition, and fully rough. The analysis of flow through vegetation is more complex and calls for further studies. For densely vegetated surfaces, the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor is shown to decrease significantly at Reynolds number well beyond the critical value of Re = 2000 for smooth surfaces. In some cases, the flow behaved as laminar flow at Re = 100,000.
dc.description.sponsorshipFunded by the U.S. Army Research Office Grant No. ARO/DAAL 03-86-K-0175.
dc.format.mediumreports
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/173160
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991012092219703361
dc.relationTA7.C6 CER 88/89-13
dc.relation.ispartofCivil Engineering Reports
dc.relation.ispartofCER, 88/89-13
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dc.subject.lcshLaminar flow
dc.subject.lcshRunoff
dc.subject.lcshHydrodynamics
dc.subject.lcshChannels (Hydraulic engineering)
dc.titleResistance to sheet flow
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