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1977 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Open Channel Hydraulics
Author : J. A. Fox
Published in: An Introduction to Engineering Fluid Mechanics
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The difference between bounded flows and flows in which free surfaces are present is that the flow areas in free-surface flows are not determined by their fixed boundaries, but by the need to maintain continuity of flow while obeying dynamic laws. Before examining the complex conditions that can arise in free surface flows, it is necessary to consider the simplest case, that is uniform or normal flow.