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Two-layer hydraulics for a co-located crest and narrows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2008

LAURENCE ARMI
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA
ULRIKE RIEMENSCHNEIDER
Affiliation:
St Columba's College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16, Ireland

Abstract

The theory of two-layer hydraulics is extended to topography with co-varying width and height. When these variations of the non-dimensional width and total depth have a power law relationship, the solutions can still be presented in the Froude-number plane for both unidirectional and exchange flows. These differ from previous solutions, which were limited to treating width and height variations separately.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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