CHAPTER 2: OPEN CHANNEL FLOW
OPEN CHANNEL FLOW - A branch of hydraulics and fluid mechanics, is a type of liquid flow within a conduit with a free surface, known as a channel . The other type of flow within a conduit is pipe flow . These two types of flow are similar in many ways but differ in one important respect: the free surface. Open-channel flow has a free surface , whereas pipe flow does not. 4 CLASSIFICATION OF OPEN CHANNEL: 1. Classification 1 - Natural Channels [natural open channels include all channels that exists naturally on the earth] - Artifical Channels [the channels develops by men] 2. Classification 2 - Prismatic Channels [unvarying cross-section channel and constant bottom slope] - Non-prismatic Channels [unconstant bottom slope] 3. Classification 3 - Rigid Boundary Channels [a channel with imnovable bed and sides] - Mobile Boundary Channels [composed of loose sedimentary particles moving] 4. Classification 4 - Large Slope Channels...