Study on the Morphological Distribution and Modeling Methods of River Particles in Upstream and Downstream Sections

Zhengbo Hu1, Junhui Zhang1, Xin Tan2

  • 1National Engineering Laboratory of Highway Maintenance Technology, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China.

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