International Journal of
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Water Res. Environ. Eng.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6613
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJWREE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 347

Full Length Research Paper

Flow and contaminant transport simulations of the Solimões River using three depth-averaged two-equation closure turbulence models

Liren Yu
  • Liren Yu
  • 1Environmental Software and Digital Visualization (ESDV), Rua Dona Maria Jacinta 482, 13561-120, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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  •  Received: 22 September 2011
  •  Accepted: 02 October 2012
  •  Published: 31 December 2012

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