Measurements of the liquid height upstream from an obstruction placed in an open-channel flow can be used to determine volume flow rate. (Such obstructions, designed and calibrated to measure rate of open-channel flow, are called weirs.) Assume the volume flow rate, Q, over a weir is a function of upstream height, h, gravity, g, and channel width, b. Use dimensional analysis to find the functional dependence of Q on the other variables.
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