A rectangular channel is 3.5 m wide and conveys a discharge of 15.0 m³/s at a depth of 2.0 m. It is proposed to reduce the width of the channel at a hydraulic structure. Assuming the transition to be horizontal and the flow to be frictionless, determine the water surface elevations upstream and downstream of the contraction when the constricted width is a) 2.5 m and b) 2.75 m.

A rectangular channel is 3.5 m wide and conveys a discharge of 15.0 m³/s at a depth of 2.0 m. It is proposed to reduce the width of the channel at a hydraulic structure. Assuming the transition to be horizontal and the flow to be frictionless, determine the water surface elevations upstream and downstream of the contraction when the constricted width is a) 2.5 m and b) 2.75 m.

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A rectangular channel is 3.5 m wide and conveys a discharge of 15.0 m³/s at a depth of 2.0 m. It is proposed to
reduce the width of the channel at a hydraulic structure. Assuming the transition to be horizontal and the flow to be
frictionless, determine the water surface elevations upstream and downstream of the contraction when the
constricted width is a) 2.5 m and b) 2.75 m.

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