PROBLEM SET 3

CE123 - HYDRAULICS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read carefully the instructions.
2. All answers MUST be written in any clean paper. Answer honestly. Write legibly.
3. In problem solving, show the complete solution and box the final answer.
4. Use black or blue ballpen only. Avoid using pencil.

I. PROBLEM SOLVING. (80 pts)

Course Question Question

Outcome #
Codes
CO2 1. A trapezoidal channel has a bottom width of 6m and side slopes of 2 horizontal to 1 vertical. If
the depth of flow is 1.2m and the flow is 20.40 m3/sec.
a) Compute the specific energy. (5 pts)
b) Compute the slope of the channel if n=0.014 (5 pts)
c) Compute the average shearing stress at the boundary. (5pts)
CO2 2. A flood occurs in a main channel having a trapezoidal section (side slope on both sides: 2H to 1V)
and base width of 12m. The depth of the flow in this section is 3.60m and the flood spills out
over an almost horizontal plane on one side of the main channel. The width of the flood plain is
60 m with an overflow depth of 1m. If n=0.025 for the main channel and two times as large for
the overflow section, estimate the discharge if the slope for both is 0.00030. (15pts)
CO2 3. A rectangular concrete channel 4.5m wide is carrying water. At an upstream point, the depth of
water is 1.5m and at a downstream point 300 m away, the depth of flow is 1.17m. If the channel
bed slope is 0.0010, find the approximate flow rate. Use n=0.013. (15pts)
CO2 4. During a test on 2.4m suppressed weir 900 mm high, the head was maintained constant if
300mm. In 38 seconds, 28,800 liters of water were collected. What is the weir factor Cw?(15pts)
CO2 5. Water flows through a parabolic weir that is 2 m deep and 2 m wide at the top under a constant
head of 1.50 m. Assuming C = 0.65, determine the discharge through the weir. (20pts)

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ENGR. KRISTINE R. CERVANCIA / 09-10-20 ENGR. HERMIE M. DEL PILAR / 09-10-20