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Open Channel Flow Calculator

The open channel flow calculator

Select Channel Type: Trapezoid

Select unit system: Meter(m)

Depth from Q

Channel slope: 0.002

Flow velocity 2.848

m/m
m/s

Flow discharge 11.82

m^3/s

LeftSlope(Z1): 1

z1/y

Input n value 0.013

Wetted perimeter 5.51

Flow area 4.15

Specific energy 1.94

Critical slope 0.0024

1.2

RightSlope(Z2): 1

z2/y

Reset
m^2

Froude number 0.92

Bottom W(b)

or select n

Status: Calculation finished

Calculate!

Critical depth 1.47

Water depth(y): 1.52

Top width(T) 4.25

Flow status Subcritical flow

m/m

Velocity head 0.41

Copyright 2000 Dr. Xing Fang, Department of Civil Engineering, Lamar University.

www.eng.auburn.edu/~xzf0001/Handbook/Channels.html

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