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On the hydraulics of flow in cracks in embankment dam cores

William L. Peirsona New College, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;b Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vishakulan Prapakaranc School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaView further author information
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Robin Fellc School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaView further author information
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Kurt Douglasc School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaView further author information
Pages 1367-1382 | Received 29 Dec 2021, Accepted 17 May 2022, Published online: 28 Jun 2022

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