Dam-Break Waves in Power-Law Channel Section

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 322-326

  Zanuttigh, Barbara ^a   Lamberti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONSERVATION; FLOW PATTERNS; STREAM FLOW;

CHANNEL SECTIONS; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CONSERVATIVE EQUATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DAM-BREAKS; POWER LAW VARIATION; POWER-LAW; POWER-LAW CHANNELS; RIEMANN SOLUTIONS; SECOND-ORDER ACCURACY;

WAVE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULICS;

BORE SPEED;

CROSS SECTION; DAM FAILURE; STREAMFLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0035310965     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2001)127:4(322)     Document Type: Article

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