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Jan 1958
Design of Stable Canals and Channels in Erodible Material
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 123, Issue 1
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The design of stable channels in erodible material is complex and depends on the incomplete technical development of open-channel hydraulics, sediment transport, and fluvial morphology. Considerable engineering experience and judgment are required in an approach to this problem. Major factors that must be integrated into the design of a canal are listed and examined herein. The development and present method of the design of canals are outlined. Factors causing a change in stream regimen are enumerated. Several methods by which the proper size and shape of a channel can be computed are suggested, and one example is presented. Practical considerations and field experience in channel-stability problems are given. An outline of the basic data needed for the adequate design of a channel is presented.
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© 1958 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1958
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Pete W. Terrell, M.ASCE
Asst. Chief, Canals Branch, Div. of Design, Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Denver, Colo.
Whitney M. Borland, AM.ASCE
Head, Sedimentation Section, Hydrology Branch, Div. of Project Investigations, Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Denver, Colo.
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