16.1.3 - Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati
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Practice Questions
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Define open channel flow.
💡 Hint: Think about natural water bodies.
What does the Froude number indicate?
💡 Hint: Remember, it's a dimensionless number.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What Froude number indicates subcritical flow?
💡 Hint: Think of conditions when waves travel faster.
True or False: A hydraulic jump only occurs at the supercritical flow.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of hydraulic jumps.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a rectangular channel to carry a flow rate of 100 m³/s with a minimum construction cost. What dimensions would you choose?
💡 Hint: Use calculus to find minimum perimeter related to area.
Explain how you would calculate the energy losses for a hydraulic jump that transitions from an upstream depth of 3 meters, velocity 8 m/s to a downstream depth of 2 meters. Include Froude number calculation.
💡 Hint: Use E = y + v²/(2g) to compute energies.
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