Flow resistance in skimming flows in stepped spillways and its modelling

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 809-819

  Chanson, H ^a   Yasuda, Y ^b   Ohtsu, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow resistance; Form drag; Physical and analytical modelling; Skimming flow; Stepped spillway

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY; SHEAR STRESS; SPILLWAYS; WEIRS;

FLOOD RELEASE FACILITIES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

DRAG; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SPILLWAY; STEP (SURFACE STRUCTURE);

EID: 0037005157     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-083     Document Type: Article

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