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Discussion of “Aeration, Flow Instabilities, and Residual Energy on Pooled Stepped Spillways of Embankment Dams” by Stefan Felder and Hubert Chanson

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Volume 141Issue 2February 2015

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Received: Mar 14, 2014
Accepted: Apr 9, 2014
Published online: Jul 3, 2014
Discussion open until: Dec 3, 2014
Published in print: Feb 1, 2015

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Sherry L. Hunt, A.M.ASCE [email protected]
Research Civil Engineer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit, 1301 N. Western Rd., Stillwater, OK 74075 (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Kem C. Kadavy [email protected]
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Agricultural Engineer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit, 1301 N. Western Rd., Stillwater, OK 74075. E-mail: [email protected]

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