A simple formula for estimating backwater at bridge constrictions

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 561-568

  Seckin, Galip ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bridge backwater; Flood control; Hydraulic model testing; Open channel flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PIERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BACKWATERS; BRIDGE CONSTRICTIONS; FLOODPLAINS;

BRIDGES;

BACKWATER; BRIDGE; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 8644265900     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L04-024     Document Type: Article

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