Question
Water Resources Engineering Question on Channel Hydraulics
A 2 m wide rectangular channel is carrying a discharge of 30 m3/s at a bed slope of 1 in 300. Assuming the energy correction factor as 1.1 and acceleration due to gravity as 10 m/s2, the critical depth of flow (in meters) is ________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
Answer
The correct answer is 2.88 to 2.94 (approx)