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RECORD NUMBER: 255 OF 731| Main Title | Gradually-varied Flow Profiles in Open Channels Analytical Solutions by Using Gaussian Hypergeometric Function / [electronic resource] : | ||||
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| Type | EBOOK | ||||
| Author | Jan, Chyan-Deng. | ||||
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, | ||||
| Year Published | 2014 | ||||
| Call Number | QC6.4.C6 | ||||
| ISBN | 9783642352423 | ||||
| Subjects | Physics ; Mechanics | ||||
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| Collation | XIV, 188 p. 34 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource. | ||||
| Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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| Contents Notes | Gradually-varied flow (GVF) is a steady non-uniform flow in an open channel with gradual changes in its water surface elevation. The evaluation of GVF profiles under a specific flow discharge is very important in hydraulic engineering. This book proposes a novel approach to analytically solve the GVF profiles by using the direct integration and Gaussian hypergeometric function. Both normal-depth- and critical-depth-based dimensionless GVF profiles are presented. The novel approach has laid the foundation to compute at one sweep the GVF profiles in a series of sustaining and adverse channels, which may have horizontal slopes sandwiched in between them |