Permeability Measurement Methods in Porous Media of Fiber Reinforced Composites

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Siginer, Dennis

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Publication Details

Author list: Sharma S, Siginer DA

Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Place: NEW YORK

Publication year: 2010

Journal: Applied Mechanics Reviews (0003-6900)

Journal acronym: APPL MECH REV

Volume number: 63

Issue number: 2

Number of pages: 19

ISSN: 0003-6900

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

Meanders are puzzling phenomena because a meandering river seems to contradict the principle of least action. Different approaches to explain this paradox are outlined by adopting a topological view, which allows for a classification of different types of meanders and to discuss the relevant mechanisms in a rather general manner. It is shown that secondary flows of helical type are the features responsible for the increase in the sediment transport when the slope of rivers decreases due to meandering and that the increase in the discharge is due to a partial Beltramisation of the flow and to a reduction in the friction at the boundary of the helical cells. The review article contains 78 references.

Keywords

boundary layers, channel flow, Friction, geomorphology, rivers, sedimentation, topography (Earth)

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