Gradually Varied Flow

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
GVF
Pronunciation
/ˈgræʤuəli ˈvɛrid floʊ/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. The model is applied to calculate the transition water surface profiles from supercritical to gradually varied flow or from gradually varied flow to supercritical flow in rectangular open channel.
  2. Steady water surface profile of gradually varied flow can be calculated using either a steady flow approach or an unsteady flow approach.
  3. In the view of experimental data and analysis, this paper presents a formula for computing the initial section of the gradually varied flow.
  4. Integral Solution of Water-Surface Profile Equation for Steady Gradually Varied Flow(GVF) in Horizontal Sloping U-Shaped Channel
  5. The specific methods include the method of cross section modulus of dischange, method of submerged broad crest weir outflow, method of local head loss and method of gradually varied steady flow.

Other meanings of GVF