A model for the simulation and control of unsteady open channel flow in irrigation canals

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1996
Akçakoca, Hande

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H. Akçakoca, “A model for the simulation and control of unsteady open channel flow in irrigation canals,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1996.