Minimum specific energy and critical flow conditions in open channels

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 498-502

  Chanson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coefficients; Critical flow; Energy; Open channel flow; Spillways; Weirs

Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SPILLWAYS; WEIRS;

BERNOULLI EQUATION; CRITICAL FLOW; FLOW DEPTH; SPECIFIC ENERGY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SPILLWAYS; WEIRS;

CRITICAL FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SPILLWAY; WEIR;

EID: 33748768737     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2006)132:5(498)     Document Type: Article

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