Ripple Morphology under Oscillatory Flow
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Our ultimate long-term goal is to further the understanding of bed morphology and sediment dynamics under oscillatory flows. Experiments will be conducted to expand existing data sets of sand bed morphology and evolution in large scale laboratory facilities under controlled flow conditions. Based on this additional insight from the improved data set we aim to advance presently available tools for the prediction of sediment bed configuration.
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