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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics Année : 2013

Width of laminar laboratory rivers

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A viscous fluid flowing over plastic grains spontaneously generates single-thread channels. With time, these laminar analogues of alluvial rivers reach a reproducible steady state, showing a well-defined width and cross section. In the absence of sediment transport, their shape conforms with the threshold hypothesis which states that, at equilibrium, the combined effects of gravity and flow-induced stress maintain the bed surface at the threshold of motion. This theory explains how the channel selects its size and slope for a given discharge. In this light, laboratory rivers illustrate the similarity between the avalanche angle of granular materials and Shields's criterion for sediment transport.

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Géomorphologie
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hal-01500272 , version 1 (13-04-2017)

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G. Seizilles, O. Devauchelle, E. Lajeunesse, F. Métivier. Width of laminar laboratory rivers. Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2013, 87 (5), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.87.052204⟩. ⟨hal-01500272⟩
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