简介:Makingfulluseoffunctionalvariationswithvariabledomainforhandlingboththefreesurfaceandunknownpartofthedamwall,afamilyofvariationalprinciples(VPs)forthehybrid(direct-inverse)problemoffreesurfacespillwayflowundergravityisformulatedintermsofthepotentialfunctionΦ.Thistheoryoffersnewrationalandversatilewaysfordamde-signandasoundtheoreticalbasisfornumericalsolution,e.g.bythefiniteelementmethod(FEM).