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<br />have formed and a different formulation of the routing equations <br /> <br />would have ben required. (This depth contributed to movement of <br /> <br /> <br />the flood wave, resulting in larger wave velocities than would have <br /> <br /> <br />been experienced in a dry channel.) <br /> <br /> <br />Anyone of these special conditions could render a study <br /> <br /> <br />impossible with this model if its influence predominated. It is <br /> <br /> <br />believed that in this study they were treated in a conservative manner. <br /> <br /> <br />A generally applicable solution technique which could be used regardless <br /> <br /> <br />of whether the channel is wet or dry, junctions with tributaries are <br /> <br />present or not, or the flow changes between sub critical and supercritical <br />conditions is not presently available. Since 1968 The Hydrologic <br /> <br />Engineering Center has been working, through contracted research, to <br /> <br /> <br />obtain such a solution, and progress is being made; but the complete <br /> <br /> <br />solution of the general case is still in the future. <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />The objective of this study was to develop a reasonable method <br />for calculating energy remaining in the flood wave at Martins Fork Dam <br />and for converting the inertia and kinetic energies into total energy <br />from which pressure loadings could be determined. The body of theory <br />appears to be reasonably well established, but methods for implementing <br />this theory require numerical techniques which utilize the electronic <br />computer, and a complete solution of the general case is not presently <br /> <br />available. Some progress is being made toward such a solution; however, <br /> <br />16 <br />