Hydraulic Design of Stepped Spillways

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 671-679

  Boes, Robert M ^a,b   Hager, Willi H ^b  

^a TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft AG   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aeration; Cascades; Dam design; Energy dissipation; Friction factors; Spillways; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; SPILLWAYS; TWO PHASE FLOW; EMBANKMENT DAMS; FIBER OPTICS;

AERATION; CASCADE; CRITICAL DEPTH; DAM DESIGN; FRICTION FACTORS; HYDRAULIC DESIGNS; LARGE MODELS; STEP-HEIGHT; STEPPED SPILLWAYS; TWO PHASES FLOW;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRAULICS;

SKIMMING FLOW;

DESIGN; FLUME; HYDRAULICS; SPILLWAY; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0141724774     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2003)129:9(671)     Document Type: Article

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