Gas transfer, cavitation, and bulking in self-aerated spillway flow

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 532-539

  Wilhelms, Steven C ^a   Gulliver, John S ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerated flow; Bulking; Cavitation; Entrained air; Gas transfer; Self aerated flow; Spillway

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; FLOW OF WATER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY; WATER AERATION;

AERATED FLOW; ENTRAINED AIR; GAS TRANSFER; SELF AERATED FLOW; SPILLWAY FLOW;

SPILLWAYS;

CAVITATION; GAS; SPILLWAY;

EID: 28844502887     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221680509500151     Document Type: Article

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