A reservoir behind a dam holds still water of depth
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Signal Speeds in Fluids, Ch Long waves of finite height: bores, jumps and solitary waves
Problem
A reservoir behind a dam holds still water of depth h0=2.25m. The dam is removed instantaneously, releasing a dam-break flow onto a dry, level, frictionless channel bed. Using Ritter's solution, find
((a)) the speed of the leading front;
((b)) the depth and the flow velocity at the original dam site;
((c)) the discharge per unit width at the dam site.