This note presents laboratory measurements of the drag coefficient for a finite patch of vegetation that was simulated with a limited number of rigid cylindrical rods. The experiment was designed based on an analogy between the drag imposed by a vegetation patch in an open-channel flow and that experienced by the patch settling in a water tank. The results show that the average drag coefficient calculated from the measured settling velocity can be expressed as a function of the patch porosity. The experimental data are also consistent with previous predictions by large eddy simulations.
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Univ Western Australia, Sch Civil Environm & Min Engn, Perth, WA, Australia
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Etminan, Vahid
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Lowe, Ryan J.
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Sichuan Univ, State Key Lab Hydraul & Mt River Engn, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China
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Univ Western Australia, Sch Civil Environm & Min Engn, Perth, WA, Australia
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Etminan, Vahid
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Lowe, Ryan J.
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Univ Western Australia, Sch Earth & Environm, Perth, WA, Australia
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Lowe, Ryan J.
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Ghisalberti, Marco
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Sichuan Univ, State Key Lab Hydraul & Mt River Engn, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China
MIT, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USASichuan Univ, State Key Lab Hydraul & Mt River Engn, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China
Liu, Chao
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Nepf, Heidi
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