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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/10735| Title: | Resistance losses in noncircular flood control conduits and sluices |
| Authors: | Cox, Robert George. |
| Keywords: | Conduits Energy losses Hydraulics Flow resistance Sluices Hydraulic structures Hydrodynamics Frictional resistance |
| Publisher: | Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; H-73-1. |
| Description: | Miscellaneous Paper Abstract: Two research studies, one on very smooth and one on very rough noncircular conduits, indicated appreciable conduit cross-section shape effect on fluid flow resistance losses. The study reported herein was made to determine comparable shape effects, if any, on conduit shapes normally encountered in Corps of Engineers design of flood control projects. The study showed that the shape effect on resistance losses in these conduits can be neglected for all practical purposes. Also, the concept of equivalent hydraulic diameter can be used with confidence for rectangular conduits having aspect ratios (height to width) between 0.5 and 2. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/10735 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous Paper |
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| MP-H-73-1.pdf | 3.61 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |