HW 5

1) Consider the trapezoidal channel with a bottom width of 20 ft, slope of 0.0016, Manning’s n
of 0.025, and side slopes of 2:1 (h:v) having a discharge of 400 cfs. Now a step rise of 1.5 ft
is placed in the channel bottom. Determine the flow depth downstream of the bottom step
assuming no transition loses. Does the water surface rise or fall at the step?

2) A 10-ft wide rectangular channel (n=0.015) has a discharge of 300 cfs at a uniform flow
(normal) depth of 2.5 ft. A sluice gate at the downstream end of the channel controls the flow
depth just upstream of the gate to a depth z. Determine the depth z so that a hydraulic jump is
formed just upstream of the gate. What is the channel bottom slope? What is the headloss
(energy loss) in the hydraulic jump?

3) A sharp-crested rectangular weir is to be installed to measure flow rates that are

expected to be in the range of 1-3 m3/sd. If the depth of the channel is such that the
maximum depth of water that can be accomodated at the weir is 3.0 m and the width
of the channel is 5 m, determine the height of a suppressed weir that can be used to
measure the flow rate.

4) Consider a concrete (n=0.015) wide rectangular channel (R=y) that discharges 2.0m3/sec
per unit width of flow. The slope of the channel is 0.001. A low dam causes a backwater depth
of 2.1 m immediately behind (upstream of) the dam. Compute the distance upstream of the
dam to where the normal depth occurs.