Inception Point and Air Concentration in Flows on Stepped Chutes Lined with Wedge-Shaped Concrete Blocks

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1042-1051

  Relvas, António T ^a   Pinheiro, António N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; OPTICAL PROBE; SCALE EFFECTS; SKIMMING FLOWS; STEPPED CHUTES; TWO PHASE; UNIFORM FLOW;

CONCRETES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; CONCRETE SLABS; EMBANKMENT DAMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CROSS SECTIONING; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; EXPERIMENTAL SET UPS; OPTICAL PROBING; PAPER ADDRESSES; SCALE EFFECTS; STEPPED CHUTES; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); UNIFORM FLOWS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CONCRETE; DISCHARGE; EMBANKMENT DAM; OVERLAND FLOW; OVERTOPPING; SCALE EFFECT; SPILLWAY;

EID: 48049120377     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:8(1042)     Document Type: Article

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