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— Open Channel Flow (Manning's Equation)

Flow rate and velocity for a rectangular open channel using Manning's equation.

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History

Sources:
[1] V. T. Chow, Open-Channel Hydraulics. New York, NY, USA: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
[2] D. A. Chin, Water-Resources Engineering, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Pearson, 2013.

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