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Problem 11.5: Given: Find: Solution

This document provides a step-by-step solution to estimating water depth and speed given information about pebbles dropped into a flowing stream. It uses equations relating wave speed to stream speed and applies the equations to available data about upstream and downstream wave speeds from pebbles. It determines that the stream speed is 4 ft/s and uses the wave speed equation to calculate the water depth is approximately 2.52 feet.

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Problem 11.5: Given: Find: Solution

This document provides a step-by-step solution to estimating water depth and speed given information about pebbles dropped into a flowing stream. It uses equations relating wave speed to stream speed and applies the equations to available data about upstream and downstream wave speeds from pebbles. It determines that the stream speed is 4 ft/s and uses the wave speed equation to calculate the water depth is approximately 2.52 feet.

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Problem 11.

5 [Difficulty: 2]
Gi ven: Pebble dropped into flowing stream
Find: Estimateof water depth and speed
Sol ution:
Basic equation
c g y =
and relative speeds will be
V
wave
V
stream
c + =
Available data
V
waveupstream
5 ft
1 s
= V
waveupstream
5
ft
s
=
V
wavedownstream
13ft
1 s
= V
wavedownstream
13
ft
s
=
But wehave
V
wavedownstream
V
stream
c + =
and
V
waveupstream
V
stream
c =
Adding
V
stream
V
wavedownstream
V
waveupstream
+
2
= V
stream
4
ft
s
=
Subtracting
c
V
wavedownstream
V
waveupstream

2
= c 9
ft
s
=
We assumeashallow water wave(long wave compared to water depth)
Hence
c g y =
so
y
c
2
g
= y 2.52ft =

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