Closure to “Simple Design Criterion for Residual Energy on Embankment Dam Stepped Spillways” by Stefan Felder and Hubert Chanson
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Volume 143 • Issue 5 • May 2017
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Received: May 12, 2016
Accepted: Sep 20, 2016
Published online: Jan 25, 2017
Published in print: May 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jun 25, 2017
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