NAME: SALAUM, APPLE S.

DATE: MARCH 07, 2022

SCHED/SECTION: MWF 1:30-6:30PM / CES32S4 CE 016 Hydraulics (Lab)

LABORATORY ACTIVITY NO. 6

Hydraulic Jump

Learning Outcome:
At the end of the activity, the students should be able to:
1. Observe the nature of hydraulic jump.
2. Familiarize the procedure in determining the hydraulic jump of the flow.
3. Apply the concept of hydraulic jump for open channel flow by solving engineering problems.

I. Discussion of Theory:
Hydraulic jump is the phenomenon in a flowing stream that for a certain discharge, water will
have two depths of flow. These two depths are called as the alternate depths of flow. One is higher in
depth with slow velocity. The other depth is low with a high velocity. Hydraulic jump is developed
when there is a big head on the upstream side of a channel. Examples are as in the sluice gate, drop,
horizontal jet, ogee flow, inclined drop, or hump across the channel. A long channel with uniform flow
does not have a hydraulic jump.

Concept of Hydraulic Jump

1. The discharges are the same in two different depths. It is also stated that the energy they
carried are different.
2. There is one depth of flow where it is maximum. It is neither of the depths as mention above.
This depth of flow is called the critical depth of flow. The depth is not the average of the high
depth and the lower depth but it is only between them.
3. When the depth of flow is lower than the critical depth, the flow is said to be at the subcritical
flow. When the depth of flow is higher than the critical depth, then it is said to be in the
supercritical flow.
4. The relation between the two depths is given by the following expression:

Where:
Q = Q/W (Discharge in the channel per unit width)
d1 – the lower depth of flow
d2 – the higher depth of flow
II. Apparatus:
Tilting flume
Plastic Tubing
Sluice gate
Leveling hose
Meter Stick

III. Procedure:
Watch the Youtube video for the procedure in this experiment:
URL: https://youtu.be/gsQATrCZKMM
https://youtu.be/v5gXfyViGIE
IV. Questions
1. Define hydraulic jump.
2. Draw a diagram showing the stage of flow of a hydraulic jump.
3. Take three (3) photos of an open channel showing a flow of hydraulic jump.
4. Illustrate the step-by-step procedure of this experiment.

V. Problem Solving

1. A rectangular channel, 20ft wide, carries 400 cfs and discharges onto a 20 ft wide apron with
no slope with a mean velocity of 20 fps. What is the height of the hydraulic jump? What energy
is lost in the jump?

2. At a certain section of a rectangular channel 10 ft wide, the depth of flow is 2 ft and the flow
rate is 400 ft3/s. If a hydraulic jump occurs, will it be upstream or downstream of this section?
Prove answer using calculation.

3. Water flows over a spillway into a sluice 10 m wide. Before the jump the water has a depth of 1
m and a velocity of 18 m/s. Determine the Froude number before the jump and the depth of
flow after the jump.

4. A rectangular channel, 16 ft wide, carries a flow of 192 cfs. The depth of water on the
downstream side of a hydraulic jump is 4.20 ft. What is the upstream depth? What is the loss
of head?
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I swear on my honor that I did not use any appropriate aid, nor give such to others, in getting
my assigned questionnaire for this course activity. I fully understand that cheating and/or
plagiarism is a major offense, as stated in Section 15 of the TIP Student Manual and TIP
Memorandum No. P-04, s. 2017-2018. I will wholeheartedly accept the consequences and
sanctions that will be imposed on me appropriately once I have committed such acts.

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