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Open Channel Flow in Aquaculture

J. David Bankston, Jr. and Fred Eugene Baker


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Open channel flow of water has been used in aquaculture production for many years. Distribution canals, raceways and drainage ditches are some examples. Since the beginning of civilization man has been interested in flow in open channels. Attempts to record the levels on the Nile River date back to 3500 B.C. In 52 A.D. Sextus Julius Frontinus as Water Commissioner of Rome attempted to determine the quantity of water delivered to each user by measuring the cross-sectional area of each discharge spout. The technology available today is much more accurate but, for the most part, is an adaptation of these earlier concepts.
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