See hydraulic radius on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2005, Jose Liria Montanes, Hydraulic Canals: Design, Construction, Regulation and Maintenance, Taylor & Francis, page 175:",
"text": "However, it is a better plan to use the tractive force formula, t = 1000·R·J, since this explicitly indicates the intervening factors, which are hydraulic radius and slope. In order to reduce the tractive force, it is necessary to reduce the hydraulic radius or the slope or both.\nIt should be remembered that the hydraulic radius is the relationship between the useful area and the wet perimeter of the canal's section, but in a certain fashion this is also an index of the section's shape (Section 1.3). In a first approximation it can be said that the section is wider and shallower with a smaller hydraulic radius.[…]On the other hand, canals which are deep and narrow, possess greater hydraulic radii and therefore corresponding tractive forces also tend to be greater.",
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