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The document is a question bank for the B. Tech (Civil Engineering) course on Open Channel Flow for the academic year 2023-24. It includes three levels of questions: easy, intermediate, and difficult, covering various topics related to open channel flow, such as specific energy, critical depth, and flow classifications. Each question is assigned a mark value and corresponds to specific course outcomes.

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Unit 1

The document is a question bank for the B. Tech (Civil Engineering) course on Open Channel Flow for the academic year 2023-24. It includes three levels of questions: easy, intermediate, and difficult, covering various topics related to open channel flow, such as specific energy, critical depth, and flow classifications. Each question is assigned a mark value and corresponds to specific course outcomes.

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Question Bank

Unit No.: 1
Program: B. Tech (Civil Engineering)

Course Name: Open Channel Flow Course Code: 21BTCE621

Academic year: 2023-24 Sem/Year: VI/III


Level A. Easy Questions (02 marks each)
S. No. Questions CO*
Q1 State any two differences between Open channel flow and Pipe flow.
1
Q2 What is Prismatic and Non-Prismatic Channels?
1
Q3 Which conditions justifies whether the channel is Rigid boundary or Mobile
boundary? 1

Q4 What is a spatially varied flow?


1
Q5 Draw the typical velocity distribution profile for an open channel. 1
Q6 Write the expression for kinetic energy corrections factor and momentum
corrections factor. 1

Q7 Write the continuity equation for the unsteady open channel flow.
1
Q8 What do you understand by specific energy? What happen if the datum
coincides with the channel bed? 1

Q9 Draw the neat sketch of specific energy. How would you identify the types
of flow in the diagram. 1

Q10 At the critical depth the specific energy is minimum. Justify the statement. 1
Q11 What is section factor (Z)? Why is it beneficial in open channel flow?
1
Q12 Write the expression for the specific energy.
1
Q13 What is first hydraulic exponent, M?
1
Q14 What is the difference between the alternate depth and critical depth?
1
Q15 What will be the minimum size of hump for the critical flow?
1
Q16 Write the expression for critical depth of a rectangular channel.
1
Q17 Write the expression for critical depth of a Trapezoidal channel.
1
Q18 Write the expression for critical depth of a Triangular channel.
1
Q19 Draw the neat sketch for the specific energy with the varying discharge.
1
Q20 State the difference between Froude number and Reynold number.
1
Level B. Intermediate Questions (05 marks each)
Q21 Describe the broad classification of different types of flows. 1
Q22 While measuring the discharge in a small stream it was found that the depth
of flow increases at the ratio of 0.10 m/h. If the discharge at that section was
1
25 m3/s and the surface width of the stream was 20m, estimate the discharge
at a section 1 km upstream.
Q23 A 2.5 m wide rectangular channel has a specific energy of 1.50 m when
carrying a discharge of 6.48 m3/s. Calculate the alternate depths and 1
corresponding Froude numbers.

Q24 A flow of 5 m3/s is passing at a depth of 1.5m through a rectangular channel


of 2.5 m width. The kinetic energy correction factor (α) is found to be 1.20.
What is the specific energy of the flow? What is the value of the depth 1
alternate to the existing depth if α = 1.0 is assumed for the alternate flow?

Q25 Derive the critical depth for a rectangular channel section. 1


Q26 Derive the critical depth for a Triangular channel section. 1
Q27 A trapezoidal channel with a bed width of 4.0 m and slopes of 1.5 H: 1V
carries discharge: (a) Based on observations, if the critical depth of the flow
is estimated as 1.70m, calculate the discharge in the channel, (b) If this 1
discharge is observed to be flowing at a depth of 2.50 m in a reach, estimate
the Froude number of the flow in that reach.
Q28 Calculate the bottom width of a channel required to carry a discharge of 15
m3/s as a critical flow at a depth of 1.2 m, if the channel section is (a) 1
rectangular and (b) trapezoidal with side slope 1.5 H: 1V.
Q29 Explain Froude’s Number. A uniform flow of 12 m 3/sec occurs in a
rectangular channel of 5 m width and depth of flow is 1.5 m. Determine 1
Froude’s Number.
Q30 A 3 m wide rectangular channel has a specific energy of 2 m when carrying
a discharge of 5 m3/s. Calculate the alternate depths, critical depth and
1
corresponding Froude numbers.

Level C. Difficult Questions (10 marks each)


Q31 The velocity distribution in a rectangular channel of width B and depth of
flow “y0” was approximated as v=k1(y)1/2 in which k1 = a constant. Calculate 1
the average velocity for the cross-section and correction coefficients.
Q32 Calculate the critical depth and the corresponding specific energy for a
discharge of 8.5 m3/s in the following channels:
1) Rectangular channel, B = 1.5 m
1
2) Triangular channel, 1H:1.5V
3) Trapezoidal channel, B = 2.0m, 1.5H:1V
Assume suitable data if any.
Q33 Calculate the critical depth and the corresponding specific energy for a
discharge of 5 m3/s in the following channels:
4) Rectangular channel, B = 2.0 m
1
5) Triangular channel, m = 0.5
6) Trapezoidal channel, B = 2.0m, m = 1.5
Consider ζ = 0.536.
Q34 Obtain the value of the first hydraulic exponent M for (a) rectangular
channel, and (b) an exponential channel where the area A is given as A = 1
K1.ya.
Q35 A triangular channel has an apex angle of 60o and carries a flow with a
velocity of 2.0 m/s and depth of 1.25 m. (a) Is the flow subcritical or super-
1
critical? (b) What is the critical depth? (c) What is the specific energy? (d)
What is the alternate depth possible for this specific energy?
Q36 Calculate the bottom width of a channel required to carry a discharge of 15
m3/s as a critical flow at a depth of 1.2 m, if the channel section is (a)
1
rectangular and (b) trapezoidal with side slope 1.5 H:1V.

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