HYDRAULICS

FLOW IN OPEN CHANNEL

REVISION
TOPIC 1.1- 1.3

Dr. Nadiatul Adilah Ahmad Abdul Ghani

Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
nadiatul@ump.edu.my

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani

 WHAT IS OPEN CHANNEL??

• A conduit in which a liquid flows with a free surface

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani

 WHAT IS FLOW?

depth and velocity do depth and velocity

not change with time vary with time
( y/t = 0) (y/t ≠ 0)

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani

 NON-UNIFORM AND UNIFORM FLOW?

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani

 FLOW STATE

( Re < 500 )

( Re > 2500 )

( Fr < 1)

( Fr > 1 )

( Fr = 1 )

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani

 GEOMETRY CHARACTERISTIC
TOP WIDTH
(T)

WETTED
PERIMETER
(P) WATER DEPTH
(Y)

HYDRAULIC RADIUS, R = A/P

HYDRAULIC DEPTH , D or yh = A/T

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GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHANNELS

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani

 EXERCISE

A trapezoidal channel has a side slope of 250 to the vertical and has a
base width of 130m.

a) If the depth of flow is 4.8m, determine the hydraulic radius and

hydraulic depth.

b) Calculate the Reynolds number and Froude number for the flow if
the discharge is 750m3/s.

Chapter 1 : Flow in Open Channel by N Adilah A A Ghani