Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 11, Problem 26P
A hydraulic jump occurs in a rectangular channel. The flow rate is 200 ft3/s, and the depth before the jump is 1.2 ft. Determine the depth behind the jump and the head loss. The channel is 10 ft wide.
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