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A study of the navigation conditions of the Zaire inner delta, initiated in 1968 at the Hydraulic Research Laboratory-Borgerhout, included field observations and model tests. Various model conditions were tried out for the reproduction of morphologic processes: different bed materials, different distortions, different velocity scales, model tilting. After a short description of the experience gained during these investigations, some ideas, thoughts, and doubts about the scaling procedures are presented, as two new models will be designed in the near future.
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Coen, I., Peters, J. J., and Sterling, A. (1968–1977). Etudes sur modèles réduits, Navigabilité du bief maritime du fleuve Zaïre. Laboratoire de Recherches Hydrauliques du Ministère des Travaux Publics de Belgique. (Partly non-published.)
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Peters, J.J. (1990). Scaling of Sediment Transport Phenomena in Large Alluvial Rivers with Very Low Slopes. In: Shen, H.W. (eds) Movable Bed Physical Models. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2081-1_15
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