Papers Published

1. Bejan, A., Theoretical explanation for the incipient formation of meanders in straight rivers, Geophys. Res. Lett. (USA), vol. 9 no. 8 (1982), pp. 831 - 4 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/08)

   Abstract:
   A theory is advanced to explain the lateral periodicity and geometric similarity of meanders observed in rivers of many sizes. Invoking the static equilibrium of a straight river bed, it is shown analytically that the equilibrium shape of the bed is a unique sinusoid. The theoretical wavelength of the sinusoidal shape is proportional to the width of the river, in agreement with visual observations of rivers of all sizes

   Keywords:
   geomorphology;rivers;