HYDRAULIC MACHINES III

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW

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

3-Compute the hydraulic radius for a trapezoidal channel with a bottom width of 150m m and with sides that pitch 15mm horizontally for a vertical change of 10mm . That is, the ratio of L/D in Fig. is 1.50. The depth of fluid in the channel is 62mm

Solution:

b := 150mm

D := 62mm

h := 15mm

v := 10mm

:= 33.69deg

:= 56.31deg

L D

= 1.50 solve , L 93.0 mm

2 2

L := 93.0 mm

x :=

L +D

x = 0.112 m

B := 2 L + b

B = 0.336 m

P := 2 x + b 1 2

P = 0.374 m
2

A :=

D( B + b)

A = 0.015 m

Z :=

A P

= 40.333 mm