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CEE4476B Assignment 2

This document outlines the 10 questions that are part of Assignment #2 for the Environmental Hydraulics Design course at the University of Western Ontario. The questions cover topics like channel transitions, contractions, expansions, specific energy diagrams, overbank flow, weir design, and critical flow control sections. Students are instructed to submit their answers to all questions by the given due date and to an assigned locker. Late assignments will not be accepted.

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CEE4476B Assignment 2

This document outlines the 10 questions that are part of Assignment #2 for the Environmental Hydraulics Design course at the University of Western Ontario. The questions cover topics like channel transitions, contractions, expansions, specific energy diagrams, overbank flow, weir design, and critical flow control sections. Students are instructed to submit their answers to all questions by the given due date and to an assigned locker. Late assignments will not be accepted.

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CEE 4476b Winter 2013

Environmental Hydraulics Design Page 1 of 2

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO


DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ASSIGNMENT #2

Handed-out: Thursday, January 17, 2013

Due: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 12:30pm

Attempt all questions, showing all work and stating any assumptions. Please submit all
assignments to locker 70 on the second floor of Spencer Engineering Building by the due date
indicated above. Late assignments will receive a grade of zero. Extensions are to be negotiated
with the course instructor.

CHANNEL TRANSITIONS AND CONTRACTIONS

Question 1
Water is flowing at a depth of 3.048 m with a velocity of 3.048 m/s in a channel of rectangular
cross-section. Find the depth and change in water surface elevation caused by a smooth upward
step in the channel bottom of 0.3048 ft. What is the maximum allowable step size so that
choking is prevented? (Use a head loss coefficient = 0).

Question 2
The upstream conditions are the same as Question 1 (y1 = 3.048 m; V1 = 3.048 m/s; rectangular
cross-section) with a smooth contraction in width from 3.048 m to 2.743 m and a horizontal
bottom. Find the depth of flow and change in water surface elevation in the contracted section.
What is the greatest allowable contraction in width so that choking is prevented? (Head loss
coefficient = 0).

Question 3
The upstream conditions in a rectangular channel are the same as in Questions 1 and 2 (y1 =
3.048 m; V1 = 3.048 m/s; rectangular cross-section) with a smooth contraction in width from
3.048 m to 2.438 m. How much should the channel bottom drop to maintain a constant water
surface elevation through the transition? (Head loss coefficient = 0)

CONTRACTIONS AND EXPANSIONS IN NON-RECTANGULAR CHANNELS WITH


HEAD LOSS

Question 4
Determine the upstream depth of flow in a subcritical transition from an upstream rectangular
flume that is 14.94 m wide to a downstream trapezoidal channel with a width of 22.86 m and
side slopes of 2:1 (horizontal : vertical). The transition bottom drops 0.3048 m from the upstream
flume to the downstream trapezoidal channel. The flow rate is 357 m3/s, and the depth in the
downstream trapezoidal channel is 6.71 m. Use a head loss coefficient of 0.5.
CEE 4476b Winter 2013
Environmental Hydraulics Design Page 2 of 2

Question 5
A rectangular channel 3.6 m wide contracts to a 1.8 m wide rectangular channel and then
expands back to the 3.6 m width. The contraction is gradual enough that head losses can be
neglected, but the expansion loss coefficient is 0.5. The discharge through the transition is 10
m3/s. If the downstream depth at the re-expanded section is 2.4 m, calculate the depths at the
approach section and the contracted section. Show the positions of the depth and specific energy
for all three sections on a specific energy diagram.

OVERBANK FLOW

Question 6
A natural channel cross-section has a bank-full cross-sectional area of 45 m2 and a top width of
37.5 m. The maximum value of Fc/F1 has been calculated to be 1.236. Find the discharge range,
if any, within which multiple critical depths could be expected.

WEIRS

Question 7
Design a broad-crested weir for a laboratory flume with a width of 38.1 cm. The discharge range
is 0.0028 m3/s to 0.0283 m3/s. The maximum approach flow depth is 45.72 cm. Determine the
height of the weir and the weir length in the flow direction. Plot the expected head-discharge
relationship.

Question 8
Plot and compare the head-discharge relationships for a rectangular, sharp-crested weir having a
crest length of 30.48 cm in a 1.524-m wide channel with that for a 90o V-notch sharp-crested
weir if both weir crests are 30.48 cm above the channel bottom. Consider a head range of 0-16
cm.

Question 9
A trapezoidal flume has a bottom width of 1.0 m and side slopes of 1:1. A sill with a height of
0.5 m is placed in the flume forming a trapezoidal critical control section. The length of the sill is
1.5 m in the flow direction. Calculate the discharge if the approach head is measured to be 0.60
m above the sill.

Question 10
Find the upstream head in the long-throated rectangular flume of Example 2.5 for the minimum
discharge of 0.02 m3/s, which has a tailwater depth of 0.225 m. The sill length in the flow
direction is 0.54 m and the height is 0.15 m as in Example 2.5. Also, check if submergence will
occur.

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