ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS
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Investigate the relationship between pressure, when you are standing up barefooted.
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To determine
Investigate the relationship between pressure, when you are lying on your back.
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To determine
Investigate the relationship between pressure, when you are sitting on a tall chair with your feet off the ground and the chair.
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Derive by deconvolution the six-hour unit hydrograph from the following data for a watershed having a drainage area of 216 km2 , assuming a constant rainfall abstraction rate and a constant baseflow of 20 m3 /s. Six-hour period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rainfall (cm) 1.5 3.5 2.5 1.5 Streamflow (m3 /s) 26 71 174 226 173 99 49 33 26 22 21 Use the unit hydrograph developed to calculate the streamflow hydrographfrom a 12 hour-duration storm having 2 cm of rainfall excess in the first six hours and 3 cm inthe second six hours. Assume a constant baseflow rate of 30 m3/s.
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