CHARACTERISTICS OF SKIMMING FLOW OVER STEPPED SPILLWAYS

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-368

  Chamani, M R ^a   Rajaratnam, N ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; SPILLWAYS; WATER RESOURCES; AIR ENTRAINMENT; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF WATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

AERATED FLOW; AIR CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ANDERSONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LARGE MODELS; SELF AERATED FLOW; SKIMMING FLOWS; STEPPED SPILLWAYS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; SPILLWAYS;

AERATED FLOW; AIR CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; KARMAN-PRANDTL EQUATION; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; SKIMMING FLOW;

AERATION; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; SPILLWAY; STEP (SURFACE STRUCTURE);

EID: 0033117691     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1999)125:4(361)     Document Type: Article

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