Design a grass-lined drainage channel (n = 0.04) to carry 350 m'/s with 4H:1V side slopes, a B/y of 6 and a longitudinal slope of 0.0007. Use the USBR equation for freeboard. Compute the velocity, Froude Number and tractive force at design capacity. Freeboard B A=By+ss y2 P=B+2y√√1+²
Design a grass-lined drainage channel (n = 0.04) to carry 350 m'/s with 4H:1V side slopes, a B/y of 6 and a longitudinal slope of 0.0007. Use the USBR equation for freeboard. Compute the velocity, Froude Number and tractive force at design capacity. Freeboard B A=By+ss y2 P=B+2y√√1+²
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Transcribed Image Text:Design a grass-lined drainage channel (n = 0.04) to carry 350
m'/s with 4H:1V side slopes, a B/y of 6 and a longitudinal
slope of 0.0007. Use the USBR equation for freeboard.
Compute the velocity, Froude Number and tractive force at
design capacity.
T
Freeboard
A = By + ss y₁²
P=B+2√√1+ss²
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