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Relative Roughness

Relative Roughness is a dimensionless parameter in fluid mechanics defined as the ratio of the absolute roughness of a conduit's surface to its hydraulic diameter, characterizing the effect of surface irregularities on flow resistance in pipes or open channels.

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Combined wave and current interaction with a rough bottom

William D. Grant, Ole Secher Madsen · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 1.5K citations

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A systematic analysis of eight decades of incipient motion studies, with special reference to gravel‐bedded rivers

John M. Buffington, David R. Montgomery · Water Resources Research · 1997 · 976 citations

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Is the critical Shields stress for incipient sediment motion dependent on channel‐bed slope?

Michael P. Lamb, W. E. Dietrich, Jeremy G. Venditti · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · 525 citations · Full text

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Laws of Flow in Rough Pipes

J NIKURADSE · University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 1950 · 501 citations · Full text

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Characterization of surface roughness effects on pressure drop in single-phase flow in minichannels

Satish G. Kandlikar, Derek J. Schmitt, Andres L. Carrano et al. · Physics of Fluids · 2005 · 365 citations

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Authors

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    Boqi Xiao

    Wuhan Institute of Technology, China

    13 publications · 703 citations

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    GONGBO LONG

    Wuhan Institute of Technology, China

    11 publications · 649 citations

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  3. DB
    Dejan Brkić

    VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia

    10 publications · 306 citations

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  4. NT
    N.S. Thakur

    National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India

    6 publications · 231 citations

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  5. SZ
    Sk Zeeshan Ali

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    5 publications · 147 citations

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337

  1. National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

    Mandi, India

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Wuhan Institute of Technology

    Wuhan, China

    13 h-index

    64 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

    Roorkee, India

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Joint Research Centre

    Ispra, Italy

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    309 citations

  5. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

    Bhopal, India

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    906 citations

  6. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    Kharagpur, India

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    360 citations

  7. Dehradun Institute of Technology University

    Dehra Dūn, India

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    355 citations

  8. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    602 citations

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  1. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    16 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Fractals

    14 publications · 804 citations

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  3. Journal of the Hydraulics Division

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Experimental Heat Transfer

    11 publications · 372 citations

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  5. Water Resources Research

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

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