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Prismatic

Open channel flow refers to the conveyance of water with a free surface under gravity flow, not under pressure. It can be classified into prismatic shapes such as rectangular, trapezoidal, triangular, and circular, as well as non-prismatic natural channels. This document is part of a School of PE course and is not to be distributed.

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Prismatic

Open channel flow refers to the conveyance of water with a free surface under gravity flow, not under pressure. It can be classified into prismatic shapes such as rectangular, trapezoidal, triangular, and circular, as well as non-prismatic natural channels. This document is part of a School of PE course and is not to be distributed.

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5.

1 OPEN CHANNEL FLOW


5.1 Open Channel Flow

• Conveyance of water with a free surface


• “Gravity flow” (not under pressure)
• Prismatic (uniform)
• Rectangular (wood flume)
• Trapezoidal (lined channel)
• Triangular (roadside swale)
• Circular (storm pipe)
• Non-prismatic (non-uniform)
• Natural channels

This copy is given to the following student as part of School of PE course. Not allowed to distribute to others.
saurabh bansal (sbansal1144@gmail.com)

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