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specific energy: a standalone construct

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Water resources engineering

energy per unit weight of flowing water measured above the channel bed, depth plus velocity head, whose minimum marks critical depth.

In water resources engineering, specific energy refers to energy per unit weight of flowing water measured above the channel bed, depth plus velocity head, whose minimum marks critical depth. This meaning comes from Bakhmeteff (1932) in Hydraulics of open channels.[1]

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References

Bakhmeteff, B. A. (1932). Hydraulics of open channels. McGraw-Hill. Open Library record

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