ECE 2304 Hydraulics I

Assignment 2
Instructions: Answer all questions clearly and neatly supported with clear & neat free
body diagram.
Date of submission: 5January 2017 Include your Group letter A, B, C or D

1. A trapezoidal channel having bottom width 6m, side slopes 2 horizontal to 1 vertical and
bottom slope 0.0016, carries a discharge of 10 m3/s. A weir placed across the channel
backs up water to a depth of 2 m. Applying the dynamic equation of GVF, determine how
far the depth is 1.5 m upstream of the weir. Take Manning’s n =0.025. Show the
calculation steps and employ tabular solution. (6 Marks)
2. A discharge of 600 m3/s flows over spillway and then passes over a horizontal concrete
apron (stilling basin) n =0.015. The velocity of water at the bottom of the spillway is 10
m/s and the width of the apron is 40 m. A hydraulic jump forms on the apron due to a tail
water depth of 4.5 m in the channel below. Determine (i) the initial and sequent Froude
numbers (ii) the minimum length of the apron in order that the jump to be contained on
the apron with the help of FBD (iii) the loss of energy from the foot of the spillway to the
downstream side of the jump (iv) the type of jump (iv) draw a neat diagram (civil
engineering drawing not a free body diagram) showing the spillway the apron (stilling
basin), other facilities necessary for the jump to form and the flow dynamics within the
structure in one page. (6 Marks)
3. A trapezoidal channel having a bottom width of 8.0 m and side slope 1:1 with a mild
slope (almost horizontal), carries a discharge of 80 m3/s with an initial depth of 0.75 m.
Determine (i) if a hydraulic jump is going to occur (ii) the conjugate depth to the initial
depth (iii) the loss of energy in the jump, and (iv) the power lost. (4 Marks)
4. A trapezoidal channel is to be designed to carry 11.34 m3/s of water and to be built with
non erodible bed having a slope of 0.0016 and n = 0.025. Determine the section
dimensions using the best hydraulic section principle. (4 Marks)