Start Date: 2024-08-16 Course Code: CE 5503 L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3
Course Name: Unsteady Open Channel Flow Semester: 1st Course Faculty: Dillip Kumar Ghose

Course Plan

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Unsteady Open Channel Flow

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CE-5503

M.Tech. (Water resources Engineering), 1st Sem (Core)

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Unit 1: Introduction to Open Channel Flow – Types of flows – Velocity and Pressure Distribution – Equation of continuity – Energy equation – Momentum equation.

Unit 2: Energy-Depth relationship – Specific energy – Critical depth – Calculation of critical depth – Section factor –Computations.

Unit 3: Uniform flow – Chezy equation – Darcy-Weisbach friction factor f – Manning’s formula – Other resistance formulae – Velocity and Shear stress distribution – Uniform flow computations – Hydraulically efficientchannel sections.

Unnit 4: Gradually varied flow – Differential equation of a GVF – Classificationof flow profiles – Features of flow profiles – Control sections – Analysis of flow profiles.

Unit 5: Rapidly varied flow – Momentum equation for jump formulation –Hydraulic jump is a horizontal rectangular channel – Jumps in horizontal non rectangular channels – Use of jump as an energy dissipator – Locationof jump.

Unit 6: Unsteady flows – Introduction to Gradually varied unsteady flow (GVUF) and Rapidly varied unsteady flow, Review of basic equations; 2D Shallow water flow equations: Boussinesq equations, Finite - difference solutions: explicit and implicit methods; Supercritical flow computation; Sediment routing models.

Unit 7: Mobile bed channel hydraulics – Introduction – Sediment properties – Initiation of motion of sediment – Bed forms – Sediment load – Design ofstable channels carrying clear water – Regime channels – Scour.

Text/Reference books:

  1. Chow, V.T., Maidment, D.R. and Mays, L.W. (2010),"AppliedHydrology", Tata McGraw Hill Edition
  2. Warren Viessman, Jr. and G L Lewis, (2008), “Introduction toHydrology”, Prentice Hall IndiaPvt.Ltd., New Delhi
  3. McCuen R.H. (2005), Hydrologic Analysis and Design", Prentice Hall Inc.NYork.
  4. K.Subrahmanya, Open Channel Flow,TMH

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, students will be able to:

CO- 1: Solve uniform and non-uniform flow problems in open channel flows.

CO- 2: Analyze and Solve Gradually Varied Flow (GVF) and Rapidly Varied Flow (RVF)problems.

CO- 3: Understand basic concepts of Gradually Varied Unsteady Flow (GVUF) and Surges

CO- 4: Design channels in mobile bed boundary conditions.

 

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Marks distribustion: 

Minor Test= 10 marks

Assignment= 10 marks

Mid-Semester Exam= 30 Marks

End-Semester Exam = 50 Marks

Total Marks= 100 Marks

Class Notes & PPTs

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