ONSET OF SKIMMING FLOW ON STEPPED SPILLWAYS

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 969-971

  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

CRITICAL DEPTH; SKIMMING FLOWS; STEP LENGTH; STEP-HEIGHT; STEPPED SPILLWAYS;

WATER RESOURCES; STREAM FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDRAULICS; JETS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPILLWAYS; STILLING BASINS;

SKIMMING FLOW; STEPPED SPILLWAYS;

FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; SPILLWAY; STEP (SURFACE STRUCTURE);

EID: 0033197689     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1999)125:9(969)     Document Type: Article

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