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Tutorial Questions - Week 9

The document is a tutorial on flow through pipes and open channels, presenting various calculations related to fluid dynamics. It includes questions on calculating elevation differences, discharge through pipelines, and flow characteristics in channels and weirs. The tutorial emphasizes the impact of pipe fittings, flow rates, and channel geometry on hydraulic performance.

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Tutorial Questions - Week 9

The document is a tutorial on flow through pipes and open channels, presenting various calculations related to fluid dynamics. It includes questions on calculating elevation differences, discharge through pipelines, and flow characteristics in channels and weirs. The tutorial emphasizes the impact of pipe fittings, flow rates, and channel geometry on hydraulic performance.

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Flow through Pipe &

Open Channel
Tutorial
(MOD002281 – Element 010)
Question 1

Calculate the difference in elevation H of the two reservoirs (neglect the pipe friction loss) when the flow
rate in the pipe is 15 l/s.

Type of fitting Screwed Flanged


Diameter 2.5 cm 10 cm 5 cm 10 cm
Globe Valve (Fully open) 8.2 5.7 8.5 6
(half open) 20 14 21 15
(One-quarter open) 57 40 60 42
Angle Valve (fully open) 4.7 1.0 2.4 2.0
Swing check valve (fully open) 2.9 2.0 2.0 2.0
Gate valve (fully open) 0.24 0.11 0.35 0.16
Return bend 1.5 0.64 0.35 0.3
Tee (branch) 1.8 1.1 0.8 0.64
Standard elbow 1.5 0.64 0.39 0.3
Long steep elbow 0.72 0.23 0.3 0.19
Question 2

a) Determine the discharge through the pipeline as in figure for H=10m.


b) Determine the head loss H for Q = 60 lit/s.

The valve is fully open. The elbows are standard flanged elbows.

Diameter (D)= 0.15m; ε/D=0.0017; ν=1.01×10-6m2/s


Question 3

Two reservoirs are connected by a pipeline that splits into two branches as shown in the figure below.
The difference in the elevation of the water surface between the upper and lower reservoir, Z, is constant
at 150 m. The roughness factor of all the pipes is λ=0.04. The branch in the pipeline occurs 23 km from
the upper reservoir, the lower pipelines being each 20 km long. The diameters of pipelines 1,2 and 3 are
respectively 1.5m, 0.9m and 1.0m. Ignoring minor losses, calculate the discharge through the three
pipelines.

Ignoring minor losses means ΣKL=0


Question 4

A rectangular channel takes the flow from the root of a steep spillway with a flow of 10m3/s per meter
of width. The flow in the channel approaches a broad crested weir with a Froude number of 3.0.
Calculate the following:

a) The mean velocity in the channel.


b) The minimum height of the weir which will cause a hydraulic jump to occur in the channel.
Question 5

Figure shows a channel bed with a bump. Water flowing at 1.5 m/s in a wide channel and at a depth of
1.0m, approaches a 10.0cm high bump.

a) Determine the water depth over the bump.


b) Determine the bump height which will cause the crest flow to be critical.

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