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Cive 530 - Open-Channel Hydraulics Lecture 8B: Gradually Varied Flow Ii
Cive 530 - Open-Channel Hydraulics Lecture 8B: Gradually Varied Flow Ii
The gradually varied flow equation for hydraulically wide channels is:
In the RHS, there are three (3) possibilities for the numerator:
In the RHS, there are three (3) possibilities for the denominator:
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1. Type I: Positive.
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2. C1 -----> So = Sc [2]
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Therefore:
So > 0
(So/Sc) > 1
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Therefore:
So > 0
(So/Sc) < 1
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(So/Sc) >< 1
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2. C3 -----> So = Sc [9]
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Accelerated
1 < F2 < S2
IIA - - - -
(So/Sc)
(Drawdown)
Accelerated
1 > F2 > M2 H2 A2
IIB - -
(So/Sc)
(Drawdown)
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Sy (1 - F2) = So - Sc F2
Sy - Sy F 2 = S o - S c F 2
So = S c F 2
I. F2 > 0
II. F2 = 0
III. F2 < 0
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So = (z1 - z2)/L
Sy = (y2 - y1)/L
z 1 + y1 = y2 + z 2
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A reservoir.
We conclude that Sy cannot be less than one and greater than the
other slope (So and/or Sc).
Sy has to be either less than both So and Sc, or greater than both
(see Case I).
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F2 = 1 -----> So - Sy = Sc - Sy
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Ease of
1 Easy (hours) Difficult (months)
computation
Independent
3 flow depth length of channel
variable
Dependent length of
4 flow depth
variable channel
Accuracy
a smaller flow lesser cross-sectional
6 increases with
depth increment variability
->
one typical
Type of cross- many cross sections
7 cross section
section input (nonprismatic)
(prismatic)
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Answer sometimes
not possible
Answer always
10 Reliability (depends on the type
possible
of cross-sectional
data)
Go to Chapter 8C.
060320
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