Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 11, Problem 24P
A hydraulic jump occurs in a rectangular channel 4.0 m wide. The water depth before the jump is 0.4 m and after the jump is 1.7 m. Compute the flow rate in the channel, the critical depth, and the head loss in the jump.
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