Chapter 10 delineates backwater curves and gradually varied open-channel flows. Gradually varied flows change slowly in the downstream direction. The main equation in Section 10.1 leads to the classification of water-surface profiles in Section 10.2 with calculations in Section 10.3. Energy losses at bridge crossings are covered in Section 10.4 with numerical models introduced in Section 10.5.
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