Stage-Discharge Relationships for U-, A-, and W-Weirs in Un-submerged Flow Conditions

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-178

  Thornton, Christopher I ^a   Meneghetti, Anthony M ^b   Collins, Kent ^c   Abt, Steven R ^a   Scurlock, S Michael ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b State of Colorado   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Rock weirs; Stage discharge ratings; Stream restoration structures; Streamflow measurement; Weir

Indexed keywords

BANKFULL; BED MATERIALS; BED SLOPE; DESIGN TEAM; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; FISH PASSAGE; FLOW DEPTH; LABORATORY TESTING; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; SITE-SPECIFIC; STAGE-DISCHARGE; STAGE-DISCHARGE RATINGS; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAMBANK EROSION; STREAMFLOW MEASUREMENT; SUBMERGED FLOW; WEIR STRUCTURE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRAULICS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RESTORATION; ROCKS; STREAM FLOW; TESTING; WEIRS;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

DESIGN; DISCHARGE; DISSIPATION; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WEIR;

EID: 79251477579     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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