Quiz
Quiz
Quiz
Rigid channel
Prismatic channel
Mobile channel
Boundary channel
Answers:1 (a)
2 (c)
3(d) 4(c)
Subjective questions:-
5(a)
What is the difference between open channel flow and pipe flow.
Distinguish between:
a. Steady and Uniform flow
b. Unsteady and non-uniform flow
c. Gradually and Spatially varied flow
d. Critical and Super critical flows
e. Prismatic and non-prismatic channel.
Define specific energy. Draw a neat sketch of specific energy curve for a rectangular
channel showing all the details.
What do you mean by critical flow? Derive the equation for the critical depth in
triangular and rectangular channels.
Find at the discharge in a trapezoidal channel with a bed width of 10m, side slope of 1:1
and depth of flow of 2.0m under uniform flow condition. The bottom slope of 0.0001
and n=0.02. Also, find the Chezys coefficient at this depth. (Ans. 16 cumec, 52.4 m1/2/s)
A rectangular channel has a bed width of 4m, bottom slope of 0.0004 and Manning's n
of 0.02. The normal depth of flow in this channel is 2m. If the channel empties into a
pool at the downstream and the pool elevation of 0.6m higher than canal bed elevation at
the downstream end. Calculate the critical depth of section. (Ans. 0.742 m)
Find the critical depth and critical velocity of the water flowing through a rectangular
channel of width 8m, when discharge is 20cumecs. (Ans 2.9 m/s)
For a given triangular channel, section of side slope 2H: 1V, minimum specific energy is
1.5m. Find the corresponding critical velocity. (Ans. 2.426 m/s)
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11
1.2m, with bottom width 2m and side slope of 1.5 Horizontal to 1Vertical. Consider
uniform flow and calculate:
a. The longitudinal slope of the channel.
b. The average shear stress over the wetted perimeter
c. The value of equivalent Darcys f .
d. The Froude number of flow. Assume, Mannings n= 0.010.
(Ans. 1/1351.4, 5.22N/m2, 0.008, 0.776)
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A rectangular channel 4m wide and bed slope 1 in 5000, conveys a discharge of 5.0
cumecs. The depth of flow at a section is 0.80m. How far upstream will the depth of
flow be 1.0m? Assume N=0.012. (Ans. 461.53m)
13
For a constant specific energy of 1.0 N-m/N, calculate the maximum discharge that may
occur in a rectangular channel, 1.0m wide. (Ans. 2.91cumec)
14
A trapezoidal channel has a bottom width of 6m and side slope of 1:1. The depth of the
flow is 1.5m; bottom slope is 1 in 1000 and discharge of 15cumec flows through it.
Determine the specific energy. Take n=0.015. (Ans. 1.663m).
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Delhi.
2. Chow, V.T., 1959. Open-channel hydraulics, McGraw Hill, New York.
3. Nagaratnam,S., 1976. Fluid mechanics, Khanna publishers, Delhi
4. Ojha, C.S.P., Berndtsoon, R., and Chandramouli, P.N., 2010. Fluid Mechanics and
Machinery, Oxford University Press, India.
5. Subramanya, K., 1991. Flow in open channels, Tata McGraw-Hill New Delhi.