A long bridge with piers 1.5 m wide, spaced 8 m between centers, crosses a river. The depth of water before the bridge is 1.6 m and that between the piers is 1.45 m. Calculate the volume rate of flow under one arch assuming that the bed of the river is horizontal, that its banks are parallel and that frictional effects are negligibl

A long bridge with piers 1.5 m wide, spaced 8 m between centers, crosses a river. The depth of water before the bridge is 1.6 m and that between the piers is 1.45 m. Calculate the volume rate of flow under one arch assuming that the bed of the river is horizontal, that its banks are parallel and that frictional effects are negligibl

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