Zaman University

Department of Civil Engineering

CE312: Hydraulics
Group Assignment for Chapter 12, 13 and 14.
Present in the class on June 28, 2017

GROUP 1:
1. The system shown in Figure below has a specific discharge of 3 m2/s. The depth, y1 , upstream of
the sluice gate is 2 meters.

A sluice gate introduced to a flow imposes subcritical flow upstream of the gate and supercritical
flow downstream of the gate. Depths y1 and y 2 make up an alternate depth pair.
Determine:
a. The upstream Froude number, Fr1
b. The specific energy upstream of the sluice gate, E1 .
c. The downstream depth, y 2
d. The downstream specific energy, E2 .
e. The downstream Froude number, Fr2 .
2. Show that the critical depth y c is related to alternate depths y1 and y 2 in a rectangular channel by
the equation:
1/ 3
2 y12 y 22
y c
y1 y 2
3. A rectangular channel 5 m wide carries a discharge of 25 m3/s. The observed velocity at a
particular point in the channel is 2.5 m/s:
a. What is the specific energy of the flow at this point?
b. What are the alternate depth at this point?
c. What is the critical depth in the channel?
 4. A vertical sluice gate with an opening of a = 0.7 m produces a downstream jet depth of
y2 0.43 m when installed in a long rectangular channel 6 m wide conveying a steady
discharge of 25 m3/s. Assuming that the flow downstream of the gate eventually returns to the
uniform flow depth of y s 2.8 m (See figure below).

V12 / 2 g
hLgate
hL jump

y1 V22 / 2g
ys
a y2 yj

a. Verify that a hydraulic jump occurs

b. Calculate the head loss associated with the jump
2
c. If the head loss through the gate is hl ( gate) 0.05 V2 / 2 g , calculate the depth upstream
of the gate

GROUP 2
1. The system shown in figure below has a specific discharge of 3 m2/s. The depth, y1 , upstream of
the step is 2 meters. The upward step height is 0.2 meters.

a. Determine the downstream specific energy, E2 .

b. Determine the downstream depth, y 2 .
c. Determine the absolute change in the water surface from location 1 to location 2.
d. Determine the downstream Froude number, Fr2 .
2. A rectangular channel 3.0 m wide carries a discharge of 10 m3/s and has its specific energy of 2.0
m of water. Calculate the alternate depths and corresponding Froude numbers.

3. Find the slope of the free water surface in a rectangular channel of width 20 m, having depth of
flow 5 m. The discharge through the channel is 50 m3/s. The bed of channel is having a slope of 1
in 4000. Take C=60
4. A sluice gate discharges water into a horizontal rectangular channel with a velocity of 10 m/s and
depth of flow of 1 m. Determine the depth of flow after jump and consequent loss in total head.
GROUP 3
1. Consider a system (see figure below) with a specific discharge of 3 m2/s. The depth, y1 , upstream
of the step is 2 meters. The downward step height is 0.2 meters.

a. Determine the downstream specific energy, E2 .

b. Determine the downstream depth, y 2 .
c. Determine the absolute change in the water surface from location 1 to location 2.
d. Determine the downstream Froude number, Fr2 .
2. A rectangular channel with a discharge 25 m3/s, bottom width of 6.25 m, depth y=2 m is
contracted to 5.75 m.
a. Find the depth at contraction and width at contraction
b. When the depth a contraction is critical, what will be the width a contraction?
3. A trapezoidal channel with a bottom width of 5 m and side slopes t=2 runs on slope of 0.0005 and
carries a discharge of 50 m3/s at normal depth. Take Mannings n as 0.021
a. What is the specific energy of the flow in the channel?
b. Is the flow subcritical or supercritical?
c. What is the alternate depth to the normal depth?
d. What is the critical depth in the channel?
4. A trapezoidal channel of 2 m bed width, 2 m water depth, and 1:1 side slope carries a discharge of
20 m3/s. The channel bed slope of 8 cm/km and Chezy roughness coefficient of C=60. To what
rate does the depth of flow change with distance?

GROUP 4

1. Consider a system (see figure below) with a discharge of 9 m3/s. The channel is rectangular. The
width at location 1 is w1 = 4.5 m. A constriction is encountered at location 2 downstream such that
the width w2 = 3 m. The depth of flow y2 at downstream location 2 is 2 meters.
a. Determine the specific discharges at locations 1 and 2.
b. Determine the downstream specific energy, E2 .
c. Determine the downstream Froude number, Fr2 .
d. Determine the upstream specific energy, E1 .
e. Determine the upstream depth, y1 .
f. Determine the upstream Froude number, Fr1 .
g. Determine the absolute change in the water surface from location 1 to location 2.

2. The specific energy for a 5 m wide rectangular channel is 4 Nm/N. If the rate of flow in the
channel is 20 m3/s, determine the alternate depths of flow.
3. A rectangular channel carries a discharge of 5.66 m3/s. Find the critical depth yc and critical
velocity Vc for (a). Width of 3.66 m; (b) Width of 2.74 m. What slope will produce critical
velocity if width of 3.66 m.