Consider a farm irrigation ditch in a loam soil having the following dimensions: Bottom width, 0.5 meters. Total depth, 0.60 meters. Side slopes of 1 horizontal to 1 vertical. Depth of water, 0.40 meters. Cross-sectional area of the stream, 0.36 m2 Wetted perimeter, 1.631 m Hydraulic radius of the stream, 0.22 m QUESTION: If the bottom of the ditch described in the previous problem (Problem 1) has a uniform slope of 1 meter per kilometer, and if the bottom and sides are kept smooth and free from weeds, what will be the mean velocity of flow and the discharge? Use n = 0.02.

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Consider a farm irrigation ditch in a loam soil having the following dimensions:

  1. Bottom width, 0.5 meters.
  2. Total depth, 0.60 meters.
  3. Side slopes of 1 horizontal to 1 vertical.
  4. Depth of water, 0.40 meters.
  5. Cross-sectional area of the stream, 0.36 m2
  6. Wetted perimeter, 1.631 m
  7. Hydraulic radius of the stream, 0.22 m

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  • If the bottom of the ditch described in the previous problem (Problem 1) has a uniform slope of 1 meter per kilometer, and if the bottom and sides are kept smooth and free from weeds, what will be the mean velocity of flow and the discharge? Use n = 0.02.
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