Testing the role of bedforms as controls on the morphodynamics of sandy braided rivers with CFD

Christopher Adam Unsworth1, Andrew Paul Nicholas2, Philip J Ashworth3, Jim Best4, Stuart N Lane5, Daniel R Parsons6, Gregory Sambrook Smith7, Chris Simpson8 and Robert John, Paul Strick8, (1)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (2)University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)Univ of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, Champaign, United States, (5)University of Lausanne, Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, Lausanne, Switzerland, (6)University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (7)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (8)University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom