Open Channel
Engineering and Design Department
Civil Engineering with Sustainability
CE2001 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Specific Energy of flow in Open Channels Experiment Lecture’s: Dr Robin Wakelin Group Number: 1
Group Members: Omar Abo Madyan, Blain Davis, Joshua James,
Alisa Magar, Christopher Peckham, Tun Soe (15% of module mark)
Submission deadline: 12am, Monday, 28th/January/2013
Student name: Omar Abo Madyan
Student ID: 1114107
Abstract
The experiment conducted was in order to find the relationship between the specific energy and the depth in an open channel flowing through an undershot weir, in order to understand the behavior of a flow at different depths, allowing for accurate engineering and designing of open channels. Depth measurements where taken at up-stream and down-stream for several weir openings in order to generate a specific flow open channel diagram, which will contribute to the analysis of open flow channels.
In many cases the major features can be expressed in terms of only a few variables, whose behavior can be described adequately by a simple theory. The principal forces at work are those of inertia, gravity and viscosity, each of which plays an important role.
The flow rate was constant throughout the experiment at 4.98 l/s, and values for Ec and yc where calculated at 0. 04560 and 0.03040 respectively.
Table of contents:
Abstract---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Theoretical background--------------------------------------------------------------------5 Methodology----------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Results -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Conclusions,
Civil Engineering with Sustainability
CE2001 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Specific Energy of flow in Open Channels Experiment Lecture’s: Dr Robin Wakelin Group Number: 1
Group Members: Omar Abo Madyan, Blain Davis, Joshua James,
Alisa Magar, Christopher Peckham, Tun Soe (15% of module mark)
Submission deadline: 12am, Monday, 28th/January/2013
Student name: Omar Abo Madyan
Student ID: 1114107
Abstract
The experiment conducted was in order to find the relationship between the specific energy and the depth in an open channel flowing through an undershot weir, in order to understand the behavior of a flow at different depths, allowing for accurate engineering and designing of open channels. Depth measurements where taken at up-stream and down-stream for several weir openings in order to generate a specific flow open channel diagram, which will contribute to the analysis of open flow channels.
In many cases the major features can be expressed in terms of only a few variables, whose behavior can be described adequately by a simple theory. The principal forces at work are those of inertia, gravity and viscosity, each of which plays an important role.
The flow rate was constant throughout the experiment at 4.98 l/s, and values for Ec and yc where calculated at 0. 04560 and 0.03040 respectively.
Table of contents:
Abstract---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Theoretical background--------------------------------------------------------------------5 Methodology----------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Results -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Conclusions,
References: Lab Note, CE2001- Civil Engineering Hydraulics lab. Specific Energy of flow in Open Channels, [Dr Robin Wakelin] Lecture note, CE2001- Civil Engineering Hydraulics. Lecture 4: specific energy and Flow variation in open channels, [Dr Robin Wakelin] French, R. H. (1985) Open-Channel Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill, New York. Henderson, F. M. (1966) Open Channel Flow, Macmillan, New York.