R h = hydraulic radius (ft, m)
S = slope - or gradient - of pipe (ft/ft, m/m)
The Manning coefficients n in the English (Imperial) are equal to the coefficients in the SI system. The Manning coefficient is not dimensionless but the units are often omitted.
Units for (k n / n) in the SI system vs. the Imperial system can be expressed as:
(k n / n) = m 1/3 / s = 1.4859 ft 1/3 / s
Hydraulic radius can be expressed as
R h = A / P w (2)
where
A = cross sectional area of flow (ft 2 , m)
P w = wetted perimeter (ft, m)
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The volume flow in the channel can be calculated as
q = A v = A (k n / n) R h 2/3 S 1/2 (3)
where
q = volume flow (ft 3 /s, m 3 /s)
A = cross-sectional area of flow (ft 2 , m 2 )
A channel with the shape of an half circle is 100% filled. The diameter of the half circle is 500 mm (0.5 m) and the channel is made of concrete with Manning coefficient 0.012 . The slope of the channel is 1/100 m/m .
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The cross section area of the half circle flow can be calculated as
A = (0.5 π ((0.5 m) / 2) 2 )
= 0.098 m 2
The wetted perimeter of the half circle flow can be calculated as
P = 0.5 2 π (0.5 m) / 2)
= 0.785 m
The hydraulic radius of the channel can be calculated from (2) as
R h = A / P
= ( 0.098 m 2 > ) / ( 0.785 m )
= 0.125 m
The cross sectional mean velocity can be calculated from (1) as
v = (k n / n) R h 2/3 S 1/2
= (1.0 / 0.012) (0.125 m) 2/3 (1/100 m/m) 1/2
= 2.1 m/s
The volume flow can be calculated from (3) as
q = A v
= ( 0.098 m 2 ) (2.1 m/s)
= 0.20 m 3 /s
The Gravity Flow Calculator is based on the equations and the example above above. It's valid for half filled circular pipe.
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