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Streams and man-made channels have a free-water surface exposed to the atmosphere, so they are known as open channels. The cross-sectional area of flow can vary at a given place in a channel, and the velocity of flow depends on several variables. Pressure is atmospheric, and the energy causing the flow is elevational energy (gravity); gravity drives water in a channel from higher to lower elevations. This chapter discusses principles of open-channel flow and hydraulics; the design of unlined, lined, and vegetated channels are presented with some examples.
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Yoo, K.H., Boyd, C.E. (1994). Open-Channel Flows. In: Hydrology and Water Supply for Pond Aquaculture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2640-7_9
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