Boris A. Bakhmeteff and the Development of Specific Energy and Momentum Concepts
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 12
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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Acknowledgments
Oscar Castro-Orgaz would like to thank C. Escauriaza, Catholic University of Santiago de Chile, for providing the authors with a reprint of his copy of Bakhmeteff’s 1912 book. Without his help, this important piece of research on open channel hydraulics would be still lost and forgotten. The editing and comments on the previous versions of the manuscript provided by Professor Kolumban Hutter are greatly appreciated.
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