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Question 10.57: Water flows over a concrete spillway into a rectangular chan...

Water flows over a concrete spillway into a rectangular channel 9.0 m wide through a hydraulic jump. The depths before and after the jump are 1.55 m and 3.08 m, respectively. Find the rate of flow in the channel.

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