| Gradually-Varied Flow Profiles in Open Channels: Analytical Solutions by Using Gaussian Hypergeometric Function Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Jan, Chyan-Deng (Author) |
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ISBN: 3662511681 ISBN-13: 9783662511688 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - General |
| Dewey: 531 |
| Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Math |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.64 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |