Critical flow: a demonstration

No velocity

If a stone is dropped into a body of water, with no velocity, the waves formed by the water are fairly circular. This is similar to sub-critical flow.

Energy Head

Momentum

Open Channel

-Steady-vs.-Unsteady

-Uniform-vs. Nonuniform

-Sub/Supercritical

-Equations

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