WORKSHOP ON HYDRAULIC DESIGN OF IRRIGATION OUTLET

PROBLEMS:
1.Determine required size of steel pipe conduit
2.Determine total headlosses
3.Determine final water surface elevation at the intake canal
Design Data:
1.SA =
2.Water duty, WD =
Given Data:
NWS El
CBEL.CANAL
INTAKE ELEV.
LCONDUIT

=
=
=
=

n=
INTAKE DISCHARGE,
Assume H = Elev.
from:

32.00
24.50
25.00
46.00
0.012

300 hectares
1.9 liters/sec/ha

Q=

32.00

0.57 CMS
- Elev.
25.00
Q = 0.75 A (2gH)1/2
A = 0.0649 sqm

For pipe conduit, A = D2/4,

D = 0.2874 m
use D =
400.00 mm dia. Steel Pipe
Ap = 0.125664 sq.m
Check for headlosses from inlet to outlet of conduit

7.00

a) Entrance loss at Pt. 1, hE :

hE = 0.40 (V1)2/2g

consider

hE =

V1 =

b) Sudden contraction loss at Pt. 2, hc2 :

hc2 = 0.50 (V22 - V12)/2g
V1 =
0
V2 = Q/AP =

4.5359159 m/sec

hc2 = 0.524861 m
c) Friction loss, hf along pipe from Pt. 2 to Pt. 3:
hf = (fL/D) (V2-32/2g)
L=
D=
n=
V2-3 = V2 =

46.00 m
0.4
0.012 (for steel pipe)
4.5359158781 m/sec

f = (124.51n2)/(D1/3) =

0.024334 m

hf = (fL/D) (V2-32/2g) = 2.937549 m

h = hE + hc2 + hf =

3.46241 m (neglect losses from gate and butterfly v

Thereforeh =
3.46241 m
Water surface level at canal intake (at Pt. 4) = EL.
= Elev.

<

7.00
32.00 - actual H
28.54

N OUTLET

take canal

m, H

ate and butterfly valve)

OK!!!