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Spillways

Spillway is a hydraulic structure designed to provide controlled release of water from a dam or levee, primarily to prevent overtopping and structural failure, distinguished by its specific function of safely conveying flood flows away from the reservoir and downstream of the dam.

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345

Hydraulics of Stepped Chutes and Spillways

Hubert Chanson, AS Paintal · Applied Mechanics Reviews · 2003 · 393 citations

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Hydraulic Design of Stepped Spillways

Robert M. Boes, Willi H. Hager · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 2003 · 305 citations

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Skimming Flow in Stepped Spillways

N. Rajaratnam · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 1990 · 273 citations

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Flow over Ogee Spillway: Physical and Numerical Model Case Study

Bruce Savage, Michael C. Johnson · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 2001 · 244 citations

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Characteristics of Skimming Flow over Stepped Spillways

Mohammad R. Chamani, N. Rajaratnam · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 1999 · 212 citations

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Authors

657

  1. HC
    Hubert Chanson

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    28 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. JM
    Jorge Matos

    University of Lisbon, Portugal

    16 publications · 750 citations

    13

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  3. FS
    Farzin Salmasi

    University of Tabriz, Iran

    10 publications · 290 citations

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  4. HM
    Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla

    Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

    8 publications · 310 citations

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  5. AS
    Anton Schleiss

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    7 publications · 223 citations

    7

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Institutions

294

  1. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    928 citations

  3. University of Tabriz

    Tabriz, Iran

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    734 citations

  4. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    707 citations

  5. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    9 h-index

    26 publications

    527 citations

  6. Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

    Ahvāz, Iran

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    197 citations

  7. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering

    Chengdu, China

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    451 citations

  8. Lorestan University

    Khorramabad, Iran

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    481 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    57 publications · 3.3K citations

    30

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  2. Journal of Hydraulic Research

    12 publications · 373 citations

    12

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  3. Journal of the Hydraulics Division

    13 publications · 385 citations

    11

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  4. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

    11 publications · 531 citations

    11

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  5. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

    8 publications · 189 citations

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