- (20%) A hydraulically wide channel is operating at Froude number F = 0.12. The unit-width discharge is q = 2 m2s-1.
What are two Langrange celerities?
- (20%) A hydraulic jump occurs in a rectangular channel with a design
discharge of q = 1 m2 s-1. The energy loss is ΔE = 2 m.
What are the initial and sequent depths?
- (20%) You are observing the rising flood stage of a major river.
At your observation point, at a certain time the discharge is
250 m3 s-1, and the stage is rising at the rate of 55 mm hr-1.
The surface width of the river at this point, and for several kilometers
upstream, is 65 m. What is your quick estimate of the present discharge
at a point located 6.2 km upstream of your observation point?
- (40%) Please answer each question in one clear and concise paragraph:
- What is the range of Manning's n measured by USGS and published in Barnes' book and http://manningsn.sdsu.edu?
- What is the exponent of the discharge-area rating under laminar flow conditions?
- What is the difference between the Seddon and Lagrange celerities?
- Under Chezy friction in hydraulically wide channels, what Froude number will cause roll waves to develop?
- What is the principle behind the design of the labyrinth spillway?
- What is the difference between kinematic, diffusion, and dynamic waves?
- Other things being equal, which channel diffuses more: a steep or a mild? A narrow or a wide? Why?
- What was Cunge's major contribution to unsteady open-channel hydraulics?
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