Data sheet: CI140 Fluid Mechanics

Parameters Gravitational acceleration: Density of air: Density of water: Kinematic viscosity of air: Kinematic viscosity of water: Values of n in Mannings equation Good condition 0.010 m-1/3s 0.011 0.011 0.017 0.013 Poor condition 0.013 0.015 0.013 0.030 0.017 9.81 ms-1 1.23 kgm-3 998 kgm-3 1.46 x 10-5 m2s-1 1.00 x 10-6 m2s-1

Neat cement Cement mortar Concrete, pre-cast Cement rubble Cast iron Useful equations Chzy equation Manning equation Froude number

U = C Rs R1 / 6 C= n U Fr = ghm

Broad-crested weir with free outfall: Q = 1.7 wh 3 / 2 Sharp-crested weir: Sluice gate:

Q = 2 C D 2 g wh 3 / 2 3
Q = C D whg 2gh1 with C d =

Cc 1 + Cc hg h1

Hydraulic jump equation:

Power:

1 + 8 Fr12 1 h2 = h1 2
P = gHQ