Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 11, Problem 36P
Water flows uniformly at a depth of 1.2 m in a rectangular canal 3 m wide laid on a slope of 1 m per 1000 m. What is the mean shear stress on the sides and bottom of the canal?
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