Department of Technical Education

Andhra Pradesh
Name : M. John Peter
Designation : Lecturer
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for Women, Hindupur
Branch : Civil Engineering
Semester : III Semester
Subject : Hydraulics
Subject Code : C304
Major Topic : Flow over Notches and Weirs
Sub-topic : Flow over Trapezoidal Notch
Duration : 50 min.
Teaching aids : PPT, Photographs
Revised By : V. Srinivasa Rao, Lecturer, DAGPT,
Ongole
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Objectives

On completion of this session ,you would be able to

• Derive the discharge formula for a trapezoidal notch

• Solve simple problems on discharge over a trapezoidal

notch

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 Recap

In the previous session, you have learnt about

• Derivation of Discharge formula for triangular notch

• Advantages of triangular notch over rectangular notch

• Solving simple problems on triangular notch

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Fig 1. Trapezoidal Notch
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Fig 2 Trapezoidal notch

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Trapezoidal Notch

• A trapezoidal notch is a combination of a rectangular

and a triangular notch as such the discharge over a

notch is determined by adding the two.

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If ’ L ‘ be crest length and
θ
2 be the angle of inclination of its sides with vertical ,then
Discharge over trapezoidal notch is given by :
2 3
8 θ 5
Q= Cd1 2gLH 2 + Cd 2 2gTan H 2
3 15 2
Where Cd1 and Cd2 = Co- efficients of discharge for triangular

and rectangular portions of trapezoidal notch

H = Head over the sill

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Problems

1. A trapezoidal notch is 0.5m wide at the bottom. The slide

slopes are 1: 1. Find the discharge through the notch when

the head is 0.2m. Take Cd as 5/8

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Solution
Given : Bottom width, L = 0.5m
Head, H = 0.2m
Coefficient of discharge, Cd = 5/8
θ
tan  1
Side slopes = 1:1 i.e
2
Discharge through a trapezoidal notch,
2 3
8 θ 5
Q= Cd1 2gLH 2 + Cd 2 2gTan H 2
3 15 2
Cd = Cd1 = Cd2 = 5/8
3 5
2 5 8 5
Q= x 2 x 0.81 x 0.5 x 0.2 2 + x 2 x 9.81 x 1 x 0.2 2
3 8 15 8
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 Q = 0.8258 + 0.0283

= 0.1109 m3/sec

 Discharge through trapezoidal notch = 0.1109m3/sec

= 0.1109 cumec

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Summary

In this session, you have learnt about

• Discharge formula for a trapezoidal notch

• Solving simple problems on discharge over a

trapezoidal notch

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Quiz

1. Discharge over a trapezoidal notch is the sum of

rectangular and triangular portions.

a. True

b. False

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Quiz
2. If the side slopes are inclined at 1:1 in trapezooidal

notch, then tan(θ/2) value in discharge formula is

a. 1 .0

b. 0.5

c. 0.25

d. 0.75

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. A trapezoidal notch of 1.2m wide at the top and 450 mm

at the bottom is 300 mm high. Find the discharge

through the notch, if the head of water is 225 mm. Take

coefficient of discharge as 0.6

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Frequently Asked Questions
2. A trapezoidal notch of 1.5m wide at the top and 500 mm

at the bottom is 450 mm high. Find the discharge

through the notch, if the head of water is 320 mm. Take

coefficient of discharge as 0.62.

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