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Table 2 Properties of Meander Pattern of Previous Studies and This Research

From: Experimental and numerical investigations of primary flow patterns and mixing in laboratory meandering channel

Researcher

RC/W

ϕ(°)

λ/ W

λ/ RC

Sinuosity

Leopold and Wolman (1960)

2.3

–

10.9

4.7

–

Chang (1971)

3.6

90

–

–

1.11

Krishnappan and Lau (1977)

0.6 ~  2.2

–

6.3

3 ~  10.8

–

Almquist and lHolley (1985)

3

125

12

4

1.30

Guymer (1998)

3.5

120

13.7

3.9

1.21

Jeong (2004)

2.4

120

9.7

4

1.32

This study

2.0

150

7.5

3.8

1.52

  1. RC/W radius of curvature, λ wavelength, ϕ: degree of channel meander