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The equation of one-dimensional gradually-varied flow (GVF) in sustaining and non-sustaining open channels is normalized using the critical depth, \(h_c\), and then solved by the direct integration method with the use of the Gaussian hypergeometric functions (GHF), as shown in Chap. 4.
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Jan, CD. (2014). Analysis of the GHF-Based Solutions of \(h_c\)-Based GVF Profiles . In: Gradually-varied Flow Profiles in Open Channels. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35242-3_5
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