SAMPLE PROBLEMS ON WEIRS

 A weir of 8m long is to be built across a rectangular channel to

discharge a flow of 9m3 /s. If the maximum depth of water on the
upstream side of weir is to be 2m, what should be the height of the
weir ? Adopt Cd = 0.62.
 Water is flowing over a Cippoletti weir of 4 meters long
under a head of 1 meter. Compute the discharge, if the
coefficient of discharge for the weir is 0.6.
 The discharge over a trapezoidal weir is 1.315 m3/s. The
crest length is 2m and the sides are inclined at 75057’49”
with the horizontal. Find the head on the weir in meters.
 A narrow-crested weir of 10 meters long is discharging water
under a constant head of 400 mm. Find discharge over the weir in
liters/s. Assume coefficient of discharge as 0.623.
 A rectangular sharp-crested weir is to be constructed in a
testing station with small stream in which the discharge varies
from 50 liters/s and 1250 liters/s. Find the suitable length of the
weir, if the minimum head to be measured is 50 mm and the
maximum head on it does not exceed one-third of its length.
 An ogee weir 4 meters long has 500 mm head of water.
Find the discharge over the weir, if Cd = 0.62.
 A submerged sharp crested weir 0.8m high stands clear across
a channel having vertical sides and a width of 3m. The depth
of water in the channel of approach is 1.25m. And 10m
downstream from the weir, the depth of water is 1m. Determine
the discharge over the weir in liters per second. Take Cd as 0.6.
 A rectangular, sharp-crested weir with end contractions is
1.4 m long. How high should it be placed in a channel to
maintain an upstream depth of 2.35 m for a flow of 400 li/s?
 A trapezoidal weir having side slope of 1H to 2V discharges
50m3/s under a constant head of 2m. Find the length of the
weir assuming C= 0.60.
 A rectangular channel 6 m wide has a depth of 1 m of water
flowing with a mean velocity of 0.75 m/s. Determine the height
of a rectangular suppressed weir that will increase the depth of
water in the channel to 1.6 m.