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A method is suggested for the design of a conventional physical model of a river transporting cohesionless sediment. It is assumed that the model is Froudian and that, in general, it is distorted. A particular emphasis is given to the similarity of friction.
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Yalin, M.S., Kibbee, M.S. (1990). Physical Modelling of Sediment Transporting Flows. In: Shen, H.W. (eds) Movable Bed Physical Models. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2081-1_2
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