Aeration performance of triangular planform labyrinth weirs

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 709-719

  Wormleaton, Peter R ^a,b   Soufiani, Ebrahim ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b 52 Mersea House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; LABYRINTH WEIR;

EID: 0031772949     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1998)124:8(709)     Document Type: Article

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