159141

Using the Brink Depth in Discharge Measurement for Inverted Semicircular Open Channels

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Irrigation and Hydraulics

Abstract

A free overfall at the end of an open channel provides a simple means for measuring flow discharge. The semicircular open channel plays a significant role in various applications, and it is of interest to calculate its discharge. This paper presents the application of the momentum equation to evaluate the use of a smooth inverted semicircular channel end as devised to calculate the discharge if the end depth is known. The experiments were performed in three separate semicircular inverted channels, with diameters of 15.0 cm, 18.4 cm, and 24.2 cm. The experimental data used to develop equations for calculating the discharge from known end depth. Where the end depth is related to the critical depth, and the end depth ratio value was found to be 0.8102 for a critical depth-diameter ratio of up to 0.40. On the other hand, the relationships for end depth ratio and non-dimensional discharge are defined. Two empirical equations are generated for the direct and indirect prediction of discharges from known end depth values.

DOI

10.21608/erjeng.2021.68393.1007

Keywords

Brink, End Depth Ratio, Semicircular Open Channel, Overfall

Authors

First Name

Reham

Last Name

Zeidan

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Affiliation

Master student, Irrigation and Hydraulics Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

reham_zeidan@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Elshemy

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Affiliation

Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

m.elshemy@f-eng.tanta.edu.ep

City

Tanta

Orcid

0000-0003-4568-3661

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Rashwan

MiddleName

M.H.

Affiliation

Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

imh_rashwan@yahoo.com

City

Tanta

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Volume

5

Article Issue

1

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23225

Issue Date

2021-03-01

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2021-03-18

Publish Date

2021-03-01

Page Start

43

Page End

49

Print ISSN

2356-9441

Online ISSN

2735-4873

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1,606

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Publication Title

Journal of Engineering Research

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https://erjeng.journals.ekb.eg/

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Using the Brink Depth in Discharge Measurement for Inverted Semicircular Open Channels

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Created At

23 Jan 2023