Forecasting backwater through bridge constrictions in Mississippi River Basin

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-328

  Seckin, Galip ^a   Haktanir, Tefaruk ^b   Cobaner, Murat ^a   Selek, Zeliha ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Backwater; Bridge; Hydraulic model; Open channel flow

Indexed keywords

BACKWATER; BRIDGE; FLOODING; FORECASTING METHOD; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349239946     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1162     Document Type: Article

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