The surface velocity, surface slope, and velocity profile produced by the application of a wind stress to the smooth surface of a closed channel have been determined by adapting the empirical laws of flow in smooth tubes. The estimated responses agree well with the available experimental data.
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Fitzgerald et al. (1965) studied this question.
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