UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Exam: M.Sc.Civil Engg Date: 11 -01-2013

Semester: Autumn-2013 Time Allowed: 3.5 Hrs
Subject: Advanced Open Channel Hydraulics Max. Marks: 100

Note: Attempt All Questions

Assume suitable values for the Missing Data, if any

Sr.No. Questions Mks

What is the significance of Energy and Momentum Coefficients. Derive

an expression for Momentum Coefficient . (Chapter 1)
Q.1(a) OR [10]
What is the importance of Hydraulic Jump in hydraulics? How it is
formed? Develop a formula for conjugate depths. (Chapter 2)

Determine the energy and momentum coefficients for the velocity

distribution, V = 5.75Volog(30y/k), in which Vo = flow velocity at the
free surface; yo = flow depth and k = height of surface roughness.
Assume the channel is very wide and rectangular. (P 1.4)
(b) OR [10]
A hydraulic jump is formed just downstream of a sluice gate located at
the entrance of a channel. There is constant-level lake upstream of the
sluice gate. The flow depth and velocity in the channel downstream of
the jump are 7.0 ft/sec and 5.5ft/sec respectively. What is the lake water
level? Assume the losses for flow through the gate are negligible.
(Chapter 2)
Q.2(a) What do you know about Wave Celerity? Derive an expression for Wave
Celerity. (Chapter 3) [10]
(b) A 45 m wide rectangular channel is carrying a flow of 250 m 3/sec at a
flow depth of 4.5 m. To produce critical flow in this channel, determine
(i) Trapezoidal
(ii) Triangular
(iii) Circular (Chapter 4) [10]
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What is meant by Flow Resistance? Establish equations for flow

resistance. (Chapter 4)
Q.3(a) OR [10]
What is meant by Direct Step Method and Standard Step Method?
A concrete-lined trapezoidal irrigation canal has a bottom width of 12
m, side slopes of 1H:1V and longitudinal bottom slope of 0.0005. If the
canal is several kilometers long, what is the flow depth near the
downstream and for a flow of 65 m3/sec? (Problem 4-5)
(b) OR [10]
A trapezoidal channel having a bottom slope of 0.001 is carrying a flow
of 30 m3/sec. The bottom width is 9 m and side slopes are 2H to 1V. A
control structure is built at the downstream end which raises the water
depth at the downstream end to 4.8 m. Compute the water surface
profile. Mannings n for the flow surfaces is 0.013 and = 1. (Problem
6.1)
Q.4(a) What do you know about water surface profiles in open channels?
Classify water surface profiles for various bed slopes in open channels. [10]
(b) A 10 m wide rectangular concrete lined channel (n=0.013) has a bottom
slope of 0.01 and constant-level reservoir at the upstream end. The
reservoir water level is 5.5 m above the channel bottom at entrance.
Assuming the entrance losses and the approach velocity in the reservoir
to be negligible, determine the channel discharge and qualitatively
sketch the water surface profile. (Example 5.5) [10]
OR
A trapezoidal channel having a bottom slope of 0.001 is carrying a flow
of 70m3/s. The channel bottom is 50m wide and the channel side slopes
are 1V : 1.5H. If a control structure is built at the d/s end that raises the
water depth at the d/s end to 12 m, determine the amount by which the
channel banks must be raised along its length. Assume the channel had
uniform flow prior to the construction of the control structure and n =
0.025.

Q.5(a) What are erodible channels? Explain the methods for the design of
erodible channels. [10]
(b) A drainage channel has to be designed to carry runoff from 250 km2
area. If the flow per square kilometer is 0.55 m3/sec/km2, determine the
channel size using (a) the permissible velocity method, (2) the tractive
force method, (3) regime theory. The material size is 2mm and S o =
0.00002. Note: Charts/Tables are not provided, so assume values for
missing data. (Problem 9.3) [10]