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weir: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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weir1 CONSTRUCTOverflow weirKINDSVATER · 1957

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Open-channel hydraulics

A crest that liquid flows over, setting depth and flow

In open-channel hydraulics a weir is a low barrier or crest that water flows over, so that the depth of water above the crest fixes, and can be used to measure, the flow rate passing. Kindsvater and Carter's 1957 Discharge characteristics of rectangular thin-plate weirs gives the calibrated relation between head over the crest and discharge. The referent is an overflow crest that sets the relationship between liquid depth and flow, the same construct that reappears on a distillation tray and at the outlet of a plumbing trap.[1]

Unit
The discharge set by the head of liquid over the crest
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Measured by the head of water above the crest, converted to discharge by the weir equation

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References

  1. Kindsvater, C. E., & Carter, R. W. (1957). Discharge characteristics of rectangular thin-plate weirs. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, 83(6). https://doi.org/10.1061/jyceaj.0000142

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