Manning formula

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Etymology[edit]

Named after the Irish engineer Robert Manning, who in 1890 redeveloped the original formulation by the French engineer Philippe Gauckler in 1867.

Proper noun[edit]

the Manning formula

  1. An empirical formula estimating the average velocity of a liquid flowing in a conduit that does not completely enclose the liquid, i.e. an open channel.
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