Chézy formula
Fórmula de Chézy
- Date
- 1768 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Antoine de Chézy
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Semi-empirical formula estimating the mean flow velocity of water in open channels from the slope, hydraulic radius and a roughness coefficient; a pioneering result in open-channel hydraulics.
What it led to
- open-channel hydraulic engineering
- design of aqueducts and irrigation systems
- Manning's formula (1889)
- modern applied hydrology