Q1: Design an earthen channel which has a trapezoidal cross section with a bed width equal to 12 meters and side slopes equal to 2.5. It carries a discharge of 28.2 cumecs and has a Manning's roughness coefficient equal to 0.022. The maximum allowable flow velocity in the ,0.64 canal is given by: V(m) 0.4 d (m). Determine the flow depth. Assume longitudinal slope= 10 cm/km

Q1: Design an earthen channel which has a trapezoidal cross section with a bed width equal to 12 meters and side slopes equal to 2.5. It carries a discharge of 28.2 cumecs and has a Manning's roughness coefficient equal to 0.022. The maximum allowable flow velocity in the ,0.64 canal is given by: V(m) 0.4 d (m). Determine the flow depth. Assume longitudinal slope= 10 cm/km

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