Data Sheet for Experiment 1

Discharge, Q = 0.0231 m3/s Flume Width, B = 1 ft

Temperature = 27 degC

Hydraulic Hydraulic Reynolds

Section Depth of Flow, y (m) Area, A Perimeter,P Velocity, V Froud Number,Fr State of flow
radius,R depth,D Number,Re
0.223
1 0.224
0.225
0.0412
2 0.0415
0.0417
 Data Sheet for Experiment 2

Length of Weir, L = 12" Width of Weir, B = 12"

Height of weir, P = 4"

Depth of Water over Weir Crest, y1 (m) Theoretical Discharge, Qt, m3/s Actual Discharge, Qa, m3/s Coefficient of Discharge, Cd
0.0934 0.014

Calibration of Weir
i) By Eye estimation
Actual Discharge, m3/s Depth of water above weir crest, m
0.014 0.0934
0.0229 0.1253
0.0209 0.1186
0.0189 0.1127
0.016 0.1019

ii) By Regression
y1 Qa X = logy1 Y = logQa XY X2
0.0934 0.014
0.1253 0.0229
0.1186 0.0209
0.1127 0.0189
0.1019 0.016
Summation ΣX= ΣY= ΣXY= ΣX2 =
 Data Sheet for Experiment 3

Width of Weir, B = 12" Throat width, b = 4"

Free Flow Submerged Flow

Actual Discharge, Qa, m3/s y1 (m) Qtf, m3/s Cdf y1(m) y2(m) M Qts, m3/s Cds
0.015 0.1934 0.2365 0.179 0.256

Calibration of Venturi Flume

i) By Eye estimation
Actual Discharge, m3/s Depth of water above weir crest, m
0.015 0.1934
0.0133 0.1764
0.019 0.22
0.0178 0.21
0.0165 0.202

ii) By Regression
y1 Qa X = logy1 Y = logQa XY X2 Y2
0.1934 0.015
0.1764 0.0133
0.22 0.019
0.21 0.0178
0.202 0.0165
Summation ΣX= ΣY= ΣXY= ΣX2 = ΣY2 =
 Data Sheet for Experiment 4

Actual
Throat Width, 0.019 cubic
0.153m Discharge,
W= meter/sec
Qa=

Free Flow Condition Submerged Flow Condition

Qtf (cubic % Submergence Qtf (cubic QE (cubic Qts (cubic
Ha (m) Cdf Ha (m) Hb (m) Cts
meter/sec) = 100* Hb/Ha meter/sec) meter/sec) meter/sec)

0.162 0.182 0.143

Verification of K and n

Actual
Discharge, Ha
Qa
0.018 0.143
0.016 0.135
0.018 0.154
0.019 0.162
0.014 0.129
 Data Sheet for Experiment 5

Actual
Throat Width, 0.09 cubic
0.21m Discharge,
W= meter/sec
Qa=

Flume length,
0.9m K= 3.6 n= 1.8 Sf= 68.00%
L=

Qtf (cubic Submergence Comments on

Ha (m) Cdf Hb (m)
meter/sec) Ratio Hb/Ha Submergence

0.35 0.11

Verification of C and n

Actual
Discharge, Ha
Qa
0.1 0.371
0.092 0.347
0.08 0.32
0.071 0.3
0.12 0.39
 Data Sheet for Experiment 6

Width of the
Gate
sluice gate, 0.305 m 0.06 m
Opening, yg=
b=

Qt (cubic Qa (cubic
y1 (m) y2 (m) Cv Cc Cd Fg (N) FH(N) Fg/FH
meter/sec) meter/sec)

0.15 0.038

y1 vs Qa graph

yg (m) y1 (m) Qa
0.06 0.237 0.023
0.06 0.187 0.02
0.06 0.152 0.018
0.045 0.178 0.0157
0.045 0.136 0.013

Fg (N) FH (N) Fg/FH

145.8 154.19
76.15 79.36

81.9 86.77
36.92 40.62
 Experiment 7 Datasheet

Flume Width, B = 0.3048 m Discharge, Q = 0.018 m³/s

y1 y2 V1 V2
F1 Type of Jump
(m) (m) (m/s) (m/s)
0.034 0.129
0.033 0.033 0.13 0.13 1.789549033644 0.45427013931 3.145227968606 Oscillating 0.163225573079 0.01051790823
0.032 0.131

Verification of total energy loss Kinetic energy Verification of efficiency

E1 E2 E1 - E2 RHS of Eq. (7.6) loss

Comment E 2 / E1 RHS of Eq. (7.8) Comment
(m) (m) (m) (m) (m)

0.196225573079 0.14051790823 0.055707664849 0.053186072261 0.152707664849 0.716103951308 0.721283103286

Verification of length of jump Verification of height of jump

L hj
L/y1 RHS of Eq. (7.5) Comment hj / E1 RHS of Eq. (7.10) Comment
(m) (m)

0.9 27.27272727273 21.07622375926 0.097 0.494329044262 0.500491648409

Characteristic Curve:
Group No. F1 E2 / E1 hj / E1 y1 / E1 y2 / E1

1 3.51 0.67 0.487 0.1396 0.624

2 3.48 0.649 0.46 0.142 0.6

3 3.145227968606 0.716103951308 0.494329044262 0.168173798563 0.662502842825

4 2.935 0.795 0.555 0.188 0.744

5 3.99 0.59 0.4379 0.177 0.5496

 Experiment 8 Datasheet

Q = 0.0183 m³/s
b = 12" = 0.3048 m
yc = (Q²/gb²)^⅓ = 0.071625513561

y1 y2 y3 y = (y1+y2+y3)/3
Section y/yc E/yc F / (yc² ρgb) yc/y
(m) (m) (m) (m)
1 0.2734 0.2735 0.2739
2 0.191 0.192 0.19
3 0.1969 0.1965 0.1965
4 0.1564 0.1567 0.1578
5 0.032 0.029 0.034
6 0.037 0.0335 0.0367
7 0.038 0.0404 0.037
 Experiment 9 Datasheet

Flume width, B = 30" Total depth of flow, Y = 0.375 m

Slope of channel, S = 1/840
Hydraulic radius, R = Shear Velocity, Vr =

Current meter constants a = 0.1334 b = 0.029

Vertical location of current meter Current meter reading

Point Velocity, Roughness
Depth from water Depth from No of revolution, Time of Revolution per Average k
V height, k
Location surface bottom, y N observation, t secondn
(m) (m) (rev) (sec) (rev/sec) (m/s) (m) (m)
At top surface 0.05 110 19.9
At 0.2 Y 0.075 115 20.1
At 0.4 Y 0.15 114 19.6
At 0.6 Y 0.225 118 20.2
At 0.8 Y 0.3 116 20.1
Near bottom 0.32 109 19.8

Determination of energy and momentum coefficient

Average velocity
Thickness of the
No of strip in the strip, V v²Δy v³Δy α ß (α-1)/ (ß-1)
strip Δy, (m)
(m/s)
1

3 1.397 1.227 1.749

Σ=
 Experiment 10 Datasheet

Flume width, B = 0.762 m Width of each strip, = B/3 =

Total depth of flow, Y = 0.375 Area of each strip, △A = (B/3)*Y =

Current meter constants a = 0.1334 b = 0.029

Discharge
Total
Location of Current Meter Current meter reading Depth through the
discharge
Point velocity, mean strip
No of Time of Revolution V (m/s) velocity, Vi
(m/s) Qi=△A* Vi
Horizontal Vertical revolution, N observation, t per second, n Q=ΣQi (m³/s)
(rev) (sec) (rev/sec) (m³/s)

At 0.2 Y 83 15.2
At middle of first
At 0.6 Y 84 15.5
strip
At 0.8 Y 80 14.9

At 0.2 Y 84 15.1
At middle of
At 0.6 Y 85 15.4
second strip
At 0.8 Y 80 14.7

At 0.2 Y 83 15.2
At middle of
At 0.6 Y 84 15.5
third strip
At 0.8 Y 80 14.9

So, mean velocity of the stream, V= Q/Σ(ΔA)= A

R P
Calculation of n and C:

Strip Point Velocity x Average x Manning's n Chezy's C

V0.2 =
1
V0.8 =
V0.2 =
2
V0.8 =
V0.2 =
3
V0.8 =

Plotting n and C vs depth of flow:

Depth of flow Manning's n Chezy's C
0.387 7.646X10^-4 993.42
0.382 9.784X10^-4 775.43

0.367 1.2051X10^-3 627.48

0.362 1.2223X10^-3 617.92
 Experiment 10 Datasheet

0.762 Flume width, B = 0.762 m Width of each strip, = B/3 = 0.254

0.375 Total depth of flow, Y = 0.375 Area of each strip, △A = (B/3)*Y
Current meter constan a = 0.1334 b = 0.029

Discharge
Location of Current Total
Current meter reading through
Meter Depth discharge
Point the strip
mean
Revolutio velocity, V velocity,
No of Time of (m/s)
Horizontal Vertical revolution observati
n per Vi (m/s) Qi=△A* Vi Q=ΣQi
second, n (m³/s) (m³/s)
, N (rev) on, t (sec)
(rev/sec)
At middle At 0.2 Y 83 15.2 5.460526 0.757434
of first At 0.6 Y 84 15.5 5.419355 0.751942 0.751942 0
strip At 0.8 Y 80 14.9 5.369128 0.745242
At middle At 0.2 Y 84 15.1 5.562914 0.771093
of second At 0.6 Y 85 15.4 5.519481 0.765299 0.765299 0 0
strip At 0.8 Y 80 14.7 5.442177 0.754986
At middle At 0.2 Y 83 15.2 5.460526 0.757434
of third At 0.6 Y 84 15.5 5.419355 0.751942 0.751942 0
strip At 0.8 Y 80 14.9 5.369128 0.745242

So, mean velocity of the stream, Q/Σ(ΔA)= 0 A 0.28575

R 0.188988 P 1.512
Calculation of n and C:
Point Manning's
Strip x Average x Chezy's C
Velocity n
V0.2 =
1 1.016361
V0.8 =
V0.2 =
2 1.021333 1.018018 0.001023 740.54
V0.8 =
V0.2 =
3 1.016361
V0.8 =