Model:ENTRAIN
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ENTRAIN
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Contact Information
Model: | ENTRAIN |
Contact person: | Rudy Slingerland |
Institute: | Penn State University |
City: | University Park |
Country: | USA |
Email: | sling@geosc.psu.edu |
2nd person involved: | -- |
3rd person involved: | -- |
Model description
Model type: | Single model for the terrestrial domain. |
Description: | Calculates the critical shear stress for entrainment of the median size of each size-density fraction of a bed using Yalin and Karahan formulation, assuming no hiding |
Technical information
Supported platforms: | Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
Programming language: | Fortran77 |
Model development started at: | 1992 and ended in 1994 |
To what degree will the model become available: | Source code will be available |
Current license type: | -- |
Memory requirements: | <512MB |
Typical run time: | a few seconds |
Input / Output description
Input parameters: | Boundary Reynolds Number and Grain Size |
Input format: | ASCII |
Output parameters: | Critical shear stress for entrainment of a noncohesive grain from a homogenous bed |
Output format: | ASCII |
Post-processing software (if needed): | no |
Visualization software (if needed): | Yes, any software that can read ASCII data |
Process description
Processes represented by model: | -- |
Key physical parameters & equations: | Uses Yalin and Karahan formulation for calculating the Shield's critical shear stress of the bed |
Length scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
Time scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
Numerical limitations and issues : | -- |
Testing
Available calibration data sets: | See Slingerland et al. (1994) |
Available test data sets: | -- |
Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
Currently or plans for collaborating with: | None |
Documentation
Key papers of the model: | Slingerland, R.L., K. Furlong and J. Harbaugh, 1994. Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins/Physical Fundamentals and Computing Procedures , Prentice Hall, Englewood Clifss, NJ:219 pp. |
Is there a manual available: | no |
Model website if any: | ftp://ftp.geosc.psu.edu/sling/SimSedBasinsBook/ |
Additional comments
Comments: | -- |