EXAMPLE 1: Determine the normal discharge for the channel shown in Fig 2.7a. The water surface in the left flood plain is 42m wide and that in the right flood plain is 26m. The manning roughness value for the flood plain is 0.10, while the Manning roughness value for the channel is 0.05 for the channel. The longitudinal slope of the channel is 0.0005. Solution:

EXAMPLE 1: Determine the normal discharge for the channel shown in Fig 2.7a. The water surface in the left flood plain is 42m wide and that in the right flood plain is 26m. The manning roughness value for the flood plain is 0.10, while the Manning roughness value for the channel is 0.05 for the channel. The longitudinal slope of the channel is 0.0005. Solution:

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