UNHEVAL

FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA CIVIL

AO - 2016
PRUEBA DE INGRESO
CURSO: DISEO DE OBRAS HIDRAULICAS
TEMA: OPEN CHANNEL FLOW

1) Derive expressions for the flow area A, wetted perimeter P, hydraulic radius R,
top water surface width B, and hydraulic depth D for the following channel cross
sections:
a. Rectangular (bottom width = b )
b. Trapezoidal (bottom width = b, side slope = t :1)
c. Triangular (side slope =t :1)
d. Partially full circular (diameter = D)
2) At a point in a rectangular channel 15.2 m wide, 2.1 m deep, and 15 cm/km bed
slope, the discharge is 20 m3 /sec and C = 62 (metric) in Chezy's formula. a. Show
whether the flow is uniform or non-uniform. b. Show whether the flow is shooting or
streaming.
3) A rectangular canal has a bed slope of 8 cm/km, and a bed width of 100 m. If at
a depth of 6 m the canal carries a discharge of 860 m3 /sec at uniform flow. Find
the roughness n, Chezy's coefficient C, and the coefficient of friction f. Also find the
average shear stress on the bed.
4) Figure (1) shows the section of a channel with flood way. Manning coefficient is
taken 0.025 for the main channel and 0.035 for the flood way. Knowing that the bed
slope is 10 cm/km, calculate the discharge.

5) The following table shows values of average Manning coefficient (n) and the
corresponding water depth (y) for a laboratory flume laid at a slope of 1:100. The
flume has a rectangular cross section of width b = 30 cm, the sides are made of
glass while the bed is made of stainless steel.

a. Draw the relation between y and n then explain why the average roughness
coefficient decreases while increasing the water depth. Do you expect the same
behavior in natural open channels? Why?
b. Find the water flow depth that corresponds to a discharge of 100 lit/sec if the
slope is kept the same.
6) Design a channel to irrigate 54000 feddans at a water duty of 60 m3 /fed/day.
The soil allows side slope of 1:1, n = 0.025 (metric), and the bed slope is 12
cm/km. Find the channel dimensions for each of the following cases:
a. The maximum allowable velocity being 0.7 m/s.
b. The maximum allowable boundary shear stress being 0.27 kg/m2 .
c. y = 0.1(b)(0.5S0 + 4) where S0 is in cm/Km.
d. The channel is of best hydraulic cross section.
7) Two channels designed to be most economic sections, the first one is
trapezoidal with side slope of 1:1, and the second one is of semi-circular section.
Both have the same area, discharge, and Manning coefficient (n = 0.02). If the
trapezoidal channel is 3m in bed width and is laid at a slope of 15 cm/km, what will
be the diameter and the slope of the semi-circular channel?
8) A trapezoidal channel of side slopes 1:1, bed width b = 5.0m and roughness
coefficient n = 0.02 was used to convey water at a depth of 1.5m until it's decided
to decrease the side slopes of the channel to be 2:1 due to slope stability
problems. What is the new bed width if the discharge, water depth and the bed
slope are to be kept the same?
9) A wide rectangular navigation channel consists of three reaches with an
average Manning coefficient of 0.025. The bed slopes for the three reaches are 8,
7, and 10 cm/km. The monthly flows are as follows:

It is required to design the channel such that the water depths through the channel
are always greater than 1.5 m and less than 3 m. Find the suitable range of the
bed width.

10) In a river of bed width 600 m, and bed slope 10 cm/km, it is found that the bed
material just begins to move when the discharge is 150 million m3 /day. Supposing
the mean velocity to vary with the depth and the slope according to the relation:
Find the slope at which the same tractive stress on the bed would be produced
with a discharge of 600 million m3 /day.
12) Design a canal for non-silting, non-scouring condition given the following data:
Discharge = 50 m3 /sec, bed slope = 9 cm/km, n = 0.025, the constant in
Kennedy's formula = 0.28 and side slope =1:1, where Kennedy's formula may be
written as:

13) An irrigation canal 16 m bed width, 1:1 side slope, and of 10 cm/km bed slope
runs at a normal depth of 4 m. The canal is to be widened to serve 25% more area.
Find the necessary bed width; all other data are the same. Use Manning's formula.
14) A circular conduit 2 m in diameter carries different discharges under uniform
flow conditions with a free surface and 10 cm/km bed slope. If n = 0.01, Draw the
curves showing the variations of mean velocity Vm and discharge Q with the water
depth. Find the depths of maximum Q and maximum V.
15) A circular sewer 1.2 m in diameter, laid at a slope of 1:100 is to run at
maximum velocity. What would be the discharge passing? Take C = 60 (metric).
16) A transmission cast iron pipeline (n = 0.01) is proposed to convey a maximum
discharge Qmax of 1.45 m3 /sec of treated water from the waste water treatment
plant (WWTP) of a city to a main drain: The transmission pipeline will be laid at a.
slope of 1/1000.
a. Select the minimum pipeline diameter D such that the flow depth does not
exceed half the pipe diameter. The available pipe sizes are: 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75,
2.0,... m.
b. Calculate the mean flow velocity.
c. Calculate the flow depth and mean flow velocity for a low flow of Qmax/4.

Ciudad Universitaria, enero 2016