Critical flow: a demonstration

Large velocity

Now if a large velocity is added to the body of water, the wave patterns only go in one direction. This represents the point when flow has gone beyond critical, into the supercritical region.

Energy Head

Momentum

Open Channel

-Steady-vs.-Unsteady

-Uniform-vs. Nonuniform

-Sub/Supercritical

-Equations

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