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1、ApplicationoftheGradientMethodfortheAnalysisofUnsteadyFlowinWaterNetworksItemtypeThesis-Reproduction(electronic);textAuthorsAhmed,Iftekhar,1973-PublisherTheUniversityofArizona.RightsCopyright©isheldbytheauthor.DigitalaccesstothismaterialismadepossiblebytheUniversityLibraries,UniversityofArizona.Furt

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6、fCivilngineering?3ACKNOWLEDGMENTSTheauthorwouldliketoexpresshisappreciationtohismajoradvisor,ProfessorKevinE.Lanseyforhissupport,guidanceandpatienceduringthelengthofthiswork.AcknowledgmentsarealsoduetoDr.DinshawN.ContractorandDr.AviOstfeldforservingasmembersoftheauthor'scommitteeandfortheirvaluablea

7、dviceandmoralsupport.Dr.VincentF.BraltsandDr.RabiH.MohtaroftheDepartmentofAgriculturalandBiologicalEngineeringatPurdueUniversity,andDr.DonJ.WoodoftheDepartmentofCivilEngineeringattheUniversityofKentuc