6 Intro To Open Channel Flow
6 Intro To Open Channel Flow
6 Intro To Open Channel Flow
HYDRAULICS
pipe flow vs. open channel
HYDRAULICS
BASIC EQUATIONS
1. continuity equation
2. energy equation
3. momentum equation
CONTINUITY EQUATON
11 22
m1 m2
t1 t2
1Q1 2 Q2 Q1 Q2
A1V1 A2V2
ENERGY EQUATION
E1 E2
2 2
p1 v p2 v
z1 1
z2 2
2g 2g
MOMENTUM EQUATION
F ma
V
FG FP F f QV
t
FLOW CLASSIFICATION
1. TIME AS THE CRITERION
STEADY FLOW
2. SPACE AS THE CRITERION
UNIFORM FLOW
3. BASED ON FLOW REGIMES
INERTIAL FORCES
VISCOUS FORCES
GRAVITATIONAL FORCES
REYNOLDS NO.
LAMINAR FLOW
VL Re < 500
Re TURBULENT FLOW
Re > 1,000
TRANSITION FLOW
500 < Re < 1,000
FROUDE NO.
CRITICAL FLOW
V Fr =1
Fr SUBCRITICAL FLOW
gD Fr <1
SUPERCRITICAL FLOW
Fr >1
FLOW COMBINATION
steady uniform flow
steady non-uniform flow
V c RS
Manning
1/ 6
R
c
n Kutter - Ganguillet
Bazin 0.00155 1
23
87 c S n
c n 0.00155
m 1 23
1 R S
R
MANNING’S EQUATION
V k 2 / 3 1/ 2
R S
n
V = velocity of flow (m/s or ft/s)
R = hydraulic radius (m or ft)
k = conversion factor (1-metric, 1.486-english)
n = roughness coefficient
S = slope of energy grade line
V c RS
TYPES OF CHANNEL
origin-based geometry-based
natural prismatic
artificial non-prismatic
GEOMETRIC ELEMENTS
T
P A
R
P
GEOMETRIC ELEMENTS
depth of water (d) hydraulic radius (R)
R = A/P
stage
hydraulic depth (D)
top width (T)
D = A/T
water area (A)
side slope
P R
A
P
Sample Problem
Establish the formulas of Area (A) ,
Wetted Perimeter (P) and Top Width
(T) for a trapezoidal channel with base
b , depth d and size slope z.