DIRECT SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL PROBLEM OF OPEN CHANNEL FLOW FOR HORIZONTAL TRANSITIONS | ||
| ERJ. Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Article 11, Volume 25, Issue 4, October 2002, Pages 159-169 PDF (548.27 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjm.2001.70958 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. F. Sobeih | ||
| Assoc. Prof., Civil Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Minoufiya University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Horizontal transitions are required for economic and practical reasons for irrigation works like bridges, weirs and barrages in natural and artificial open channels. The transitions may be contracting or expanding suddenly or gradually while the flow is I either subcritical or supercritical. The problem is solved using the specific energy i principle. Most of the previous researches solved the problem neglecting the head loss (theoretical solution). The author presents in this research paper a new approach to solve the problem for I horizontal transition for rectangular open channels. i The specific energy equation in this paper takes a real condition in consideration for i both contracting and expanding problems. The practical horizontal transitions cases are ! solved taking into consideration the head loss due to contracting or expanding. Also, this research paper deals with the problem of channel section while contracting with amount greater than that of critical one. If the contraction of bed is increased further, the maximum b, and the specific energy were both held constant with this contraction, the discharge will be decreased until the given specific energy is equal to minimum one corresponding to the new discharge, because the energy cannot be increased without outside affect. Consequently the upstream water depth will be changed to a new value. | ||
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