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Open Channel Hydraulics Tutorial Sheet

This document contains a tutorial on open channel hydraulics with 9 practice problems. It introduces key concepts and equations for uniform and non-uniform flow, including specific energy, the hydraulic jump, critical flow, broad-crested weirs, and Manning's equation. The problems involve calculating velocities, depths, flows, forces, and other parameters at different points in channel sections using these hydraulic relationships and principles of energy and momentum conservation.

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Open Channel Hydraulics Tutorial Sheet

This document contains a tutorial on open channel hydraulics with 9 practice problems. It introduces key concepts and equations for uniform and non-uniform flow, including specific energy, the hydraulic jump, critical flow, broad-crested weirs, and Manning's equation. The problems involve calculating velocities, depths, flows, forces, and other parameters at different points in channel sections using these hydraulic relationships and principles of energy and momentum conservation.

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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING


CIV233 Open Channel Hydraulics-Tutorial Sheet 2
Non-Uniform Flow In Open Channels

Notation:

US = Upstream,
DS = Downstream,
v = Velocity,
y = Depth,
A = Cross sectional area,
P = Wetted Perimeter,
R = Hydraulic Radius
q = Q/b

Basic Questions
1.

Q 30
vDS = = = 3m/s
A 5×2
v2 32
EDS = yDS + DS = 2 + = 2.46m
2g 2 × 9.81
v2
EU S = yU S + U S
2g
∆E = 0 =⇒ EU S = EDS = 2.46
30
( 8×y US
)2
=⇒ EU S = yU S + = 2.46
2 × 9.81
Solve for yU S using trial and error
yU S = 2.32

1
2.

Use broad crested weir equation to find Q


Q = 1.705CD BH 3/2 = 1.705 × 0.95 × 0.5 × 0.123/2 = 0.0337m3 /s
3.
Use broad crested weir equation to find Q
Q = 1.705CD BH 3/2 = 1.705 × 10 × 0.33/2 = 2.8m3 /s
No flow inreservoir, therefore only potential energy upstream
EU S = yU S + z = 0.3 + 3 = 3.3m
∆E = 0 =⇒ EU S = EDS = 3.3m
2.8
v2 ( 2×y DS
)2
EDS = yDS + = yDS + = 3.3m
2g 2 × 9.81
Solve for yDS using trial and error
yDS = 0.179m
2.8
vDS
F rDS = √ = √ 2×0.179 = 5.90
gyDS 9.81 × 0.179

Intermediate Questions:
4.

Use broad crested weir equation to find H


Q = 1.705CD BH 3/2 =⇒
 2/3  2/3
Q 0.8
H= = = 0.96m
Cd B × 1.705 1.705 × 0.5
yU S = H + Hweir = 0.96 + 0.2 = 1.16m
EU S = EDS
VU2S (0.8/1.16)2
EU S = yU S + = 1.16 + = 1.18m
2g 2 × 9.81
V2 (0.8/yDS )2
EDS = yDS + DS = yDS +
2g 2 × 9.81
Solve for yDS using trial and error
yDS = 0.18m

2
5.

Find Q from Manning’s equation and continuity equation


1/2
R2/3 S0
v=
n
Calculate hydraulic radius (R) from cross sectional area (A) and wetted perimeter (P)
A = bymax = 12 × 1.8 = 21.6
P = b + 2ymax = 12 + (2 × 1.8) = 15.6
A 21.6
R= = = 1.38
P 15.6
1 1/2
1.382/3 × ( 6500 )
=⇒ v = = 0.96m/s
0.016
Q = vA = 0.96 × 21.6 = 20.76m3 /s
Use broad crested weir equation to find H
Q = 1.705CD BH 3/2 =⇒
Q 20.76
H=( )2/3 = ( )2/3 = 1.6m
Cd B × 1.705 1.705 × 12
yU S = H + Hweir =⇒ Hweir = yU S − H = 2 − 1.6 = 0.4m

3
6.
Calculate upstream specific energy
v2 ( 1 )2
EU S = yU S + = 0.8 + 0.8 = 0.88m
2g 2 × 9.81
15% energy loss =⇒ EDS = 0.85EU S = 0.75m
2
VDS (1/yDS )2
EDS = yDS + = yDS + = 0.75m
2g 2 × 9.81
Solve for yDS using trial and error
Two possible solutions: yDS1 = 0.365m and yDS2 = 0.62m
Calculate difference between upstream and downstream specific force
for both possible downstream depths
yU2 S q2 y2 q2
∆FS1 = FSU S − FSDS1 = ( + ) − ( DS1 + )
2 gyU S 2 gyDS1
0.82 12 0.3652 12
=( + )−( + ) = 0.477 − 0.347 = 0.101
2 9.81 × 0.8 2 9.81 × 0.365
and
yU2 S q2 y2 q2
∆FS2 = FSU S − FSDS2 = ( + ) − ( DS2 + )
2 gyU S 2 gyDS2
0.82 12 0.612 12
=( + )−( + ) = 0.477 − 0.347 = 0.093
2 9.81 × 0.8 2 9.81 × 0.61
Calculate force from:
F = ρgBFS
F1 = 1000 × 9.81 × 1 × 0.101 = 990N
F2 = 1000 × 9.81 × 1 × 0.093 = 912N
Note: May be some difference in answers due to rounding

4
7.

Use hydraulic jump equation


yDS 1
= ((1 + 8F r2 )1/2 − 1)
yU S 2
rearrange for Fr
1/2 − 1 1/2
" y #
(2( yDS
US
) + 1)
Fr =
8
" #1/2
0.8
(2( 0.3 ) + 1)1/2 − 1
= = 0.435
8
Use Froude equation to find velocity
v
Fr = p =⇒
(gyDS )
√ √
v = F r gyDS = 0.435 × 9.81 × 0.8 = 1.22m/s
Use Manning’s equation to find n
1/2
R2/3 S0
v= =⇒
n
1/2 1 1/2
R2/3 S0 0.3082/3 600
n= = = 0.015
v 1.22

5
8.

At point 3:
Q 18
Q = v3 A3 =⇒ v3 = = = 2.25m/s
A3 4×2
v3 2.25
F r3 = √ = = 0.3592
gy3 9.81 × 4
Using hydraulic jump equation
q 
y3 1 2
= 1 + 8F r3 − 1
y2 2
Rearrange for y2
y3 4
y2 = h p i = hp i = 0.851m
1 2−1 1 2) − 1
2 1 + 8F r3 2 1 + (8 × 0.3592
Q 18
v2 = = = 10.57m/s
A2 2 × 0.851
No Energy losses =⇒ ES1 = ES2 =⇒
10.572
y1 = y2 + V22 2g = 0.851 + = 6.55m
2 × 9.81
Calculate difference in specific force over weir
y2 q2 y2 q2
∆FS = FS1 − FS2 = ( 1 + )−( 2 + )
2 gy1 2 gy2
" # " #
6.552 ( 18
2 ) 2
0.8512 ( 18 2
2 )
∆FS = + − +
2 9.81 × 6.55 2 9.81 × 0.851
∆FS = 22.712 − 10.065 = 12.647
Force on weir
FW = ρgB∆FS = 1000 × 9.81 × 2 × 12.647 = 248134N =⇒
FW = 248kN

6
9.

∆E = 0 =⇒ ES1 = ES2
v12
ES1 = y1 +
2g
3yc
Critical conditions at 2 =⇒ ES2 =
2
3yc v 2
=⇒ = y1 + 1 (1)
2 2g
v1 √
At Point 1 =⇒ F r1 = 0.5 = √ =⇒ v1 = 0.5 gy1 (2)
gy1

(0.5 gy1 )2 3yc
(2) into (1): =⇒ y1 + =
2g 2
Rearranging and canceling gives: =⇒ yc = 0.75y1 (3)
vc √
At Point 2: F r2 = 1 = √ =⇒ vc = gyc (4)
gyc
r
3
(3) into (4): =⇒ vc = gy1 (5)
4
At Point 2: Q = vc yc b
r
3 √ √ 3y1 b
Using (3) and (5): =⇒ Q = g y1 (6)
4 4
At Point 1: Q = 2v1 y1
√ √ √ √
Using (2): =⇒ Q = 0.5 g y1 y1 2 = g y1 y1 (7)
r
3 √ √ 3y1 b √ √
Equate (6) and (7): =⇒ g y1 = g y1 y1
4 4
4
Rearranging and canceling gives: =⇒ b = q = 1.54m
3 34

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