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Open Channel Flow Analysis for CEE 342

This document discusses determining bottom shear stress in an open channel to assess risk of sediment resuspension. It provides instructions to: 1) Use conservation of momentum to calculate bottom shear stress from given discharge of 300 m3/s in a 1 km long, 200 m wide channel. 2) Calculate shear stress assuming uniform flow and compute the percent error compared to the actual stress. 3) Determine if calculated stresses exceed 0.8 Pa, which would risk sediment resuspension into the Puget Sound ecosystem.

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Open Channel Flow Analysis for CEE 342

This document discusses determining bottom shear stress in an open channel to assess risk of sediment resuspension. It provides instructions to: 1) Use conservation of momentum to calculate bottom shear stress from given discharge of 300 m3/s in a 1 km long, 200 m wide channel. 2) Calculate shear stress assuming uniform flow and compute the percent error compared to the actual stress. 3) Determine if calculated stresses exceed 0.8 Pa, which would risk sediment resuspension into the Puget Sound ecosystem.

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8: Open

Channel Flow
CEE Homework
342 Fluid
Mechanics
Final 2007

1.

Munson 8.85

2.

Munson 8.96

3.

8: Open
Channel Flow
CEE Homework
342 Fluid
Mechanics
Final 2007

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10.51

7. As part of the team tasked with cleaning up the lower Duwamish waterway you
are asked to determine whether the bottom sediments (contaminated with PCBs,
arsenic lead and mercury) are a risk to the Puget Sound ecosystem. Tests show
that sediment will be re-suspended and flow to the Sound if the bottom shear
stress exceeds 0.8 Pa. Consider the 1 km long and 200 m wide stretch of river
below.
a) Use conservation of momentum (and mas) to determine the bottom shear
stress () if the discharge is 300 m3/s. Will sediment be re-suspended?
b) What value would you get for the shear stress if you assumed the flow was
uniform? How wrong would you be? Compute the percent error.

L = 1km

y1 = 1.2m

Width:
b = 200 m
Discharge: Q = 300 m3/s

V1
V2

o
So=0.0002

y2 = 1m

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