Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 11, Problem 50P
A trapezoidal canal lined with brick has side slopes of 2:1 and bottom width of 10 ft. It carries 600 ft3/s at critical speed. Determine the critical slope (the slope at which the depth is critical).
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