HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW

Solution by DF Sozinando, Mechanical Eng. student at Vaal University of Technology

1 - Compute the hydraulic radius for section show in Fig. below if water flows at a depth of 88.9m m. The section is that of a rain gutter for a house?

Solution:

B := 152.4 mm

D := 88.9 mm

h := 50.8 mm
2 2

L := B - 101.6 mm = 50.8 mm

A := ( B D ) -

1 h L = 0.012 m2 2

x :=

h + L = 0.072 m

P := D + ( B - L) + x + ( D - h) Z := A P Z = 0.041 m

P = 0.3 m Z = 1.606 in