Discussion of “Inception Point and Air Concentration in Flows on Stepped Chutes Lined with Wedge-Shaped Concrete Blocks” by Antònio T. Relvas and Antònio N. Pinheiro
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Acknowledgments
The discussers acknowledge the financial support from the All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, India for the construction of stepped-block spillway model for this study (File No. 8023/RID/NPROJ/RPS-6/2004-05).
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Volume 136 • Issue 1 • January 2010
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Received: Dec 5, 2008
Accepted: Feb 9, 2009
Published online: Dec 15, 2009
Published in print: Jan 2010
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