A circular, unfinished concrete drainpipe is laid on a slopeof 0.0025 and is planned to carry from 50 to 300 ft3/s ofrunoff water. Design constraints are that (1) the waterdepth should be no more than three-fourths of the diameterand (2) the flow should always be subcritical. What isthe appropriate pipe diameter to satisfy these requirements?If no commercial pipe is exactly this calculated size, should you buy the next smallest or the next largestpipe?

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A circular, unfinished concrete drainpipe is laid on a slope
of 0.0025 and is planned to carry from 50 to 300 ft3/s of
runoff water. Design constraints are that (1) the water
depth should be no more than three-fourths of the diameter
and (2) the flow should always be subcritical. What is
the appropriate pipe diameter to satisfy these requirements?
If no commercial pipe is exactly this calculated size, should you buy the next smallest or the next largest
pipe?

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