A wide irrigation canal carries a steady discharge of per unit width

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Signal Speeds in Fluids, Ch Long waves of finite height: bores, jumps and solitary waves

Problem

A wide irrigation canal carries a steady discharge of

q = 2.50\,\mathrm{m^2\,s^{-1}}

per unit width. Find the critical depth

h_{\rm c}

and the corresponding flow velocity, and verify that the Froude number there is

1

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