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Hydraulic jump Numerical

A 3 m wide rectangular channel conveys 7.5 m³/s of water with a velocity of 5 m/s. Is there a condition for the hydraulic jump to occur? If so, calculate the height, length and strength of the jump.

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Solution :

Given :

Discharge, Q=7.5 m3/s

Wide, b=3 m

Velocity, V=5 m2/s

Discharge per unit width

q=Qb=7.53=2.5 m2/s

q=Qb=V×Ab=V×d1×bb

d1=qV=2.55=0.5 m

Hydraulic jump will occur if the depth of flow on upstream side is less than the critical depth on upstream side.

Critical depth (hC)

hC=(q2g)13=(2.529.81)13=0.8605

Now depth on upstream side is 0.5 m. This depth less than the critical depth and hence hydraulic jump will occur.

Height of hydraulic jump (H)

d2=d12+d214+2q2gd1=0.52+0.524+2×2.529.81×0.5=1.3658 m

H=d2d1=1.36580.5=0.8658 m

d2d1=1.36580.5=2.7316

Length of hydraulic jumps (L)

The length of hydraulic jump is experimentally found to be 5 to 7 times the height of the hydraulic jump.

It range of 4.329 m to 6.0606 m.

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