Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Chapter 11, Problem 5P
Determine and plot the relation between water velocity and depth over the range of V = 0.1 m/s to 10 m/s for Froude numbers of 0.5 (subcritical), 1.0 (critical), and 2 (supercritical). Explain how the flow can be subcritical, critical, or supercritical for (a) the same velocity and (b) the same depth.
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