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River Discharge Measurement

The document describes two methods for measuring discharge in a river: 1. The Velocity-Area Mid Section Method which involves measuring the velocity and cross-sectional area at different points across the river to calculate discharge. Using this method, the discharge was calculated to be 19.928 m3/s. 2. The Velocity-Area Mean Section Method which also involves measuring velocity and area but calculates the mean velocity between points. Using 6 points of measurement, the total discharge was calculated to be 1.100 m3/s.

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River Discharge Measurement

The document describes two methods for measuring discharge in a river: 1. The Velocity-Area Mid Section Method which involves measuring the velocity and cross-sectional area at different points across the river to calculate discharge. Using this method, the discharge was calculated to be 19.928 m3/s. 2. The Velocity-Area Mean Section Method which also involves measuring velocity and area but calculates the mean velocity between points. Using 6 points of measurement, the total discharge was calculated to be 1.100 m3/s.

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DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT

1. Discharge Computation by Velocity Area Mid Section Method

V = 0.3N + 0.05 Vn +1 1
bn dn 2 =
(m) (m) (m/s) (m/s) (m) (m3/s)
A B C
0.6d 0.2d 0.8d
3 1.4 0.122 0.122 1.51 0.256
6 3.3 0.269 0.175 0.222 3 2.201
9 5.0 0.257 0.217 0.237 3 3.552
12 9.0 0.290 0.226 0.258 3 6.964
15 5.4 0.246 0.230 0.238 3 3.857
18 3.8 0.252 0.217 0.234 3 2.671
21 1.8 0.158 0.158 1.52 0.427
19.928

Therefore Discharge = 19.928 m3/s


2 1
1 The preceding vertical at the beginning of the cross section is considered coincident with the first vertical
2
1
2 The next vertical at the end of the cross section is considered coincident with the vertical n
2

2. Discharge Computation by Velocity Area Mean Section Method


Meter V = 0.3N + 0.05 ++1 +1 ++1
bn dn Depth (m/s) Vn 2 (m) 2 =
(m) (m)
(m/s) (m/s) (m) (m3/s)
(m) 0.6d 0.2d 0.8d A B C
0.8 0.5 0.30 0.6 0.075 0.075 0.124 0.8 0.75 0.074
1.6 1.0 0.80 0.8 0.133 0.172 0.175 0.8 1.30 0.182
0.20 0.2 0.212
2.4 1.6 1.28 0.8 0.150 0.178 0.186 0.6 1.80 0.201
0.32 0.2 0.205
3.0 2.0 1.60 0.8 0.171 0.194 0.143 0.6 2.00 0.172
0.40 0.2 0.218
3.6 2.0 1.60 0.8 0.166 0.093 0.140 0.6 1.90 0.160
0.40 0.2 0.020
4.2 1.8 1.44 0.8 0.158 0.188 0.174 0.8 1.50 0.208
0.36 0.2 0.217
5.0 1.2 0.96 0.8 0.144 0.160 0.126 0.8 0.90 0.091
0.24 0.2 0.175
5.8 0.6 0.36 0.6 0.093 0.093 0.047 0.8 0.30 0.011

6.6 0.0
1.100

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