This is an example of using the standard step method to do a backwater calculation for a rectangular channel

Standard step method Backwater integration

Values in yellow boxes are required for each different problem

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Inputs

Flow (m3/s
Manning n
Slope
Width (m)
Initial dept
Step (m)
Length (m)
Tolerance

Depth

11.3
0.025
0.0016
6.097
1.524
150.0
1950.0
0.0010

Area

1.5240
1.4236
1.3530
1.3090
1.2837
1.2699
1.2623
1.2589
1.2574
1.2567
1.2564
1.2563
1.2562
1.2562

9.2918
8.6796
8.2492
7.9811
7.8264
7.7423
7.6964
7.6756
7.6663
7.6621
7.6603
7.6596
7.6592
7.6591

Perimeter

9.1450
8.9442
8.8030
8.7150
8.6643
8.6367
8.6217
8.6148
8.6118
8.6104
8.6098
8.6096
8.6095
8.6094

EG (m)

Sf

1.5998
1.5105
1.4492
1.4118
1.3906
1.3791
1.3729
1.3701
1.3688
1.3683
1.3680
1.3679
1.3679
1.3678

0.0009
0.0011
0.0013
0.0014
0.0015
0.0015
0.0016
0.0016
0.0016
0.0016
0.0016
0.0016
0.0016
0.0016

Backwater Profile

Depth (m)

-2500.0

-2000.0

-1500.0
Distance (m)

-1000.0

gular channel

(So-Sf)mean DelE (m)

0.0006
0.0004
0.0002
0.0001
0.0001
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000

Iterations

-0.0885
-0.0603
-0.0372
-0.0211
-0.0112
-0.0055
-0.0025
-0.0011
-0.0005
-0.0002
-0.0001
0.0000
0.0000

EC (m)

4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Distance (m)

1.5998
1.5113
1.4502
1.4121
1.3907
1.3794
1.3736
1.3704
1.3690
1.3683
1.3680
1.3679
1.3679
1.3678

ckwater Profile
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0

500.0
Distance (m)

-1000.0

-500.0

0.0

0.0
-150.0
-300.0
-450.0
-600.0
-750.0
-900.0
-1050.0
-1200.0
-1350.0
-1500.0
-1650.0
-1800.0
-1950.0