QUIZ 5

CE428 MO1-C2 May 24, 2021

INSTRUCTIONS: The Quiz is good from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. It must be

with solutions and figures. When finished, take very clear photos
of your work and submit it to Google Classroom then to
messenger (secret convo) with labeling. Follow instructions,
please or you will get demerits.

1. If you are assigned to design the most efficient crosssections

of open channels with (a) rectangular section, (b)
trapezoidal cross-section, and (c) circular cross-section, what
size of open channels would you recommend for each of the
above-described sections to carry a flow of 14.5 m3/s with a
velocity of 4.75 m/s.

2. A 2-m diameter metal conduit with a slope of 1:900, is flowing

half-full. Compute for the discharge. Use n = 0.020.

3. What would be the cross-section of greatest hydraulic

efficiency for the trapezoidal channel shown below if the
discharge 12.0 cu.m./sec with a channel slope of 0.000475.
Roughness coefficient is given to be 0.020.

4. Given is an open channel of rectangular cross section 3.0

meters wide. Water flows through it at 9.0 cu.m./sec. The
bottom slopes up, rising 3 mm per meter in the direction of
flow. What should be Manning‘s roughness coefficient, n, if
the water depth decreases from 2.0 m to 1.55 m in a 160-m
length of channel?

5. Determine the most efficient cross section for an open

channel of semicircular section designed to carry 1.0 cu.m./s
volume flow rate at a slope of 0.0060. The channel has a
roughness coefficient, n, of 0.011

Be honest even if others are not!