HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW

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

Consider a rectangular section maximum discharge

A = BD B = A D
-1

P = B + 2 D P = A D
-1

+ 2D dP dD =0

For maximum discharge wetted perimeter (P) will be maximum when: dP dD = -A D

2 -2

+2=0

A D = 2 A = 2 D
2 2

B D = 2 D B = 2 D

for maximum discharge