An artificial neural network (ANN) for hydraulics of flows on stepped chutes

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-457

  Salmasi, Farzin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Energy dissipation; Skimming flows; Stepped chute

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960091424     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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