Flow Over Sharp‐Crested Plate Weirs
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 113, Issue 2
Abstract
For flow past a two‐dimensional sharp‐crested weir located at the end of a horizontal rectangular channel, experimental results related to velocity and pressure distributions in the region of the nappe close to the weir crest section and the pressure distribution on the weir face were obtained. Based on experimental results and simplified theoretical considerations, a general relationship between the weir discharge coefficient and the parameter H/W (or W/H) is determined using the momentum principle. The present experimental results corroborate the proposed relationship for the weir discharge coefficient.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 113 • Issue 2 • May 1987
Pages: 163 - 172
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Copyright © 1987 ASCE.
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Published online: May 1, 1987
Published in print: May 1987
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