CIV E 530 - OPEN-CHANNEL HYDRAULICS
SPRING 2006
HOMEWORK No. 8


  1. (50 percent) Using DIRECTSTEP in http://onlinecomp.sdsu.edu, calculate the water surface profile for the case of a steep channel flowing into a milder steep channel (S3 curve), with steep slope So= 0.02, and milder steep slope So= 0.006, with the following conditions: Q = 5 m3/s; b = 2 m; z = 1; and n = 0.015.

    Use CHANNEL in http://onlinecomp.sdsu.edu to calculate the upstream and downstream normal flow depths. Report the normal depths and the total S3 curve channel length (to within 1 mm below normal depth) in m.