CHAPTER 2: UNIFORM FLOW IN

OPEN CHANNEL (Part III)

 Lecture Outline

• Open Channel Design

• Best Hydraulic Section
1. NON-ERODIBLE CHANNEL 2. ERODIBLE CHANNEL

3. GRASSED CHANNEL
 Best Hydraulic Section:
Rectangular
𝐴
𝐴 = 𝑏𝑦 𝑃 = 2𝑦 + 𝑏 𝑃 = 2𝑦 +
𝑦

𝑑𝑃
𝑃 should be minimum for a given area; =0
𝑑𝑦

𝑑𝑃 𝐴 𝐴 𝑏𝑦 𝑏 𝑏
=2− = 0 => 2 = = => 2 = y=
𝑑𝑦 𝑦2 𝑦2 𝑦2 𝑦
2

𝐴 𝑏𝑦 2𝑦 × 𝑦 2𝑦 2 𝑦
𝑅= = = = R=
𝑃 𝑏 + 2𝑦 2𝑦 + 2𝑦 4𝑦 2

The rectangular channel will be most economical when :

• the depth of the flow is half the width, or
• the hydraulic radius is half the depth of flow.
Exercise 2.12

A volume flow of 10.4 m3/s passes through a channel with

Manning’s value of 0.013 and a bottom slope of 0.0005.
Design the best hydraulic section from 4 sections below:

1. Rectangular section
2. Triangular section
3. Trapézoïdal section
4. Parabola section
Exercise 2.13

Given a rectangular channel with a flow velocity of 3.5 m/s.

Determine the permissible shear stress and permissible velocity
range, if Manning’s roughness coefficient is 0.012, the bottom
slope is 0.002 and density is 998.29 kg/m3.
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