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Fundamental Equations of Free Surface Flows

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Open channel flow is the study of the movement of liquids with a free surface, which is by definition an interface in contact with the atmosphere.

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    Oscar Castro-Orgaz

  2. VAW, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Willi H. Hager

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Castro-Orgaz, O., Hager, W.H. (2019). Fundamental Equations of Free Surface Flows. In: Shallow Water Hydraulics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13073-2_1

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