Bar and channel formation in braided streams

Author(s):  
Yuichiro Fujita
Author(s):  
S. Mahajan

The evolution of dislocation channels in irradiated metals during deformation can be envisaged to occur in three stages: (i) formation of embryonic cluster free regions, (ii) growth of these regions into microscopically observable channels and (iii) termination of their growth due to the accumulation of dislocation damage. The first two stages are particularly intriguing, and we have attempted to follow the early stages of channel formation in polycrystalline molybdenum, irradiated to 5×1019 n. cm−2 (E > 1 Mev) at the reactor ambient temperature (∼ 60°C), using transmission electron microscopy. The irradiated samples were strained, at room temperature, up to the macroscopic yield point.Figure 1 illustrates the early stages of channel formation. The observations suggest that the cluster free regions, such as A, B and C, form in isolated packets, which could subsequently link-up to evolve a channel.


1979 ◽  
Vol 15 (23) ◽  
pp. 743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Kawakami ◽  
Masamichi Okamura

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 859-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Bergman ◽  
David R. Fearn ◽  
Jeremy Bloxham ◽  
Margarita C. Shannon
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2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 1163-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Xiao ◽  
Deli Hong ◽  
Tongyang Zhu ◽  
Shanli Liu ◽  
Genxi Li

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 05044
Author(s):  
Andrés Vargas-Luna ◽  
Alessandra Crosato ◽  
Protogene Byishimo ◽  
Wim Uijttewaal

Alluvial rivers are shaped by sequences of water flows excavating their channels. Observations show that besides the magnitude, also the frequency and duration of streamflow oscillations might be important for the river channel formation. In addition, the river morphology appears influenced also by both size and degree of uniformity of the sediment. Nevertheless, many morphodynamic studies still represent the flow regime with a single value of the discharge, often corresponding to the bankfull condition, and the sediment with its median grain size. This work investigates the effects of streamflow variability and sediment characteristics on channel width formation, analysing the evolution of experimental streams with different sediments and discharge hydrographs. Results show that the formative condition of the channel width is not the geometric bankfull flow but a rather frequent peak flow. Remarkably different channel configurations arise from different sediment characteristics in the laboratory, where sediment non-uniformity produces more stable banks.


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