?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F6916%2F&rft.title=PROBABILITY-BASED+SIMULATION+OF+2-D+VELOCITY+DISTRIBUTION+AND+DISCHARGE+ESTIMATION+IN+OPEN+CHANNEL+FLOW&rft.creator=Hsu%2C+Shih-Meng&rft.description=A+probability-based+method+is+presented+that+can+be+used+to+simulate+2-D+velocity+distribution+in+rectangular+open+channels+and+to+estimate+the+flow+discharge.+The+method+is+based+on+Chiu's+velocity+distribution+equation.+A+technique+for+estimating+a+parameter+of+2-D+velocity+equation+has+been+developed%2C+by+which+the+2-D+velocity+distribution+in+rectangular+open+channels+can+be+simulated+by+using+one+or+several+velocity+samples%2C+or+even+without+using+any+velocity+data.+The+present+study+also+developed+an+efficient+method+of+discharge+estimation+in+rivers%2C+which+is+applicable+regardless+of+whether+flow+is+steady+or+unsteady.+It+only+requires+a+quick+velocity+sampling.+The+relation+between+the+surface+velocity+and+the+vertical+mean+velocity+has+been+studied.+It+can+be+used+for+developing+a+non-contact+method+of+discharge+measurement.Under+the+same+framework+of+analysis%2C+a+new+slope-area+method+has+been+developed+to+determine+the+flow+discharge.+It+can+reduce+errors+due+to+the+uncertainties+in+Manning's+n+and+the+energy+coefficient+that+exist+in+the+widely-used+slope-area+method.&rft.date=2004-06-09&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F6916%2F1%2Fhsu_etd2004.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hsu%2C+Shih-Meng++(2004)+PROBABILITY-BASED+SIMULATION+OF+2-D+VELOCITY+DISTRIBUTION+AND+DISCHARGE+ESTIMATION+IN+OPEN+CHANNEL+FLOW.++Doctoral+Dissertation%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++