Numericals on Specific Energy

1. Find the specific energy of flowing water through a rectangular channel of width 5 m when
the discharge is 10 m3/s and depth of water is 3 m.

2. Find the critical depth and critical velocity of the water flowing through a rectangular
channel of width 5 m, when discharge is 15 m3/s.

3. The specific energy for a 3 m wide channel is to be 3 kg-m/kg. What would be the maximum
possible discharge?
4. The specific energy for a 5 m wide rectangular channel is to be 4 N-m/N. If the rate of flow of
water through the channel is 20 m3/s, determine the alternate depths of flow.

Numericals on Hydraulic Jump

1. The depth of flow of water, at a certain section of a rectangular channel of 2 m wide, is 0.3
m. The discharge through the channel is 1.5 m3/s. Determine whether a hydraulic jump will
occur, and if so, find its height and loss of energy per kg of water.
2. A sluice gate discharges water into a horizontal rectangular channel with a velocity of 10
m/s and depth of flow of 1 m. Determine the depth of flow after the jump and consequent loss
in total head.

3. A sluice gate discharges water into a horizontal rectangular channel with a velocity of 6 m/s
and depth of flow is 0.4 m. The width of the channel is 8 m. Determine whether a hydraulic
jump will occur, and if so, find its height and loss of energy per kg of water. Also determine
the power lost in the hydraulic jump.
4. A hydraulic jump forms at the downstream end of spillway carrying 17.93 m3/s discharge. If
the depth before jump is 0.80 m, determine the depth after the jump and energy loss.
 Numericals on Gradually Varied Flow
1. Find the slope of the free water surface in a rectangular channel of width 20 m, having depth
of flow 5 m. The discharge through the channel is 50 m3/s. The bed of the channel is having
a slope of 1 in 4000. Take the value of Chezy’s constant C = 60.
2. Determine the length of the back water curve caused by an afflux of 2.0 m in a rectangular
channel of width 40 m and depth 2.5 m. The slope of the bed is given as 1 in 11000. Take
Manning’s N = 0.03.