College of Civil Engineering INS 361E – Hydraulics

Civil Engineering Department

Hydraulics Division Exercises – VI

Open Channel Flow – 1

Exercise 1 : Water flows at a rate of 30 m³/s in the trapezoidal

channel shown in the figure. Determine the normal flow depth by

using the channel slope as 0.0009.

Exercise 2 : Water flows in the rectangular channel shown in the figure. The channel slope

is 0.0004 and the Strickler roughness factor is 70. Determine the mean velocity and the

flowrate in the channel.

Exercise 3 : The flowrate in a rectangular channel, which is 5 m wide, is given as 30 m³/s. Determine the normal depth

of flow knowing that the slope of the channel is 0.0004 and the Strickler roughness factor is 70.

Exercise 4 : Water flows at a rate of 20 m³/s in the channel shown in the figure. The

channel slope is 0.0005 and the Strickler roughness factor is 70. Design the channel by

the aid of the best hydraulic cross-section notion.

Exercise 5 : Calculate the discharge through

the channel and floodplain shown in the

figure. The channel slope is 0.0005 and the

Strickler roughness factors are k1=k3=25,

k2=70.

Exercise 6 : Water flows at a depth of 2 m in the trapezoidal channel

shown in the figure. The channel slope is 0.0004 and the Strickler

roughness factor is 70.

• Compute the flow rate.

• Determine the Reynolds Number of the flow (υwater=10-6 m²/s).
• Determine the Froude Number of the flow.

Exercise 7 : The specific energy level of a flow in a rectangular channel of 7 m width is equal to 3.2 m.

• Draw the Koch parabola.

• Determine the critical depth.
• Determine the maximum flow rate that may occur in the channel for a specific energy level of 3.2 m
• Compute the rate of flow that can be carried at a depth of 2.6 m.
• Determine the depths and types of flow when the discharge is 32 m³/s.

ITU, College of Civil Engineering, Hydraulics & Hydraulic Constructions Laboratory, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul