Open Channel Flow Sessional

Course Number: WRE 312

Course Title: Open Channel Flow Sessional

Course Content: 

State of Flow; Broad-crested weir; sluice gate; venturi flume; Parshall flume; cutthroat flume; hydraulic jump; velocity distribution profile; Manning's roughness coefficient; specific force and specific energy. 

Course Objectives/Learning Outcome

The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with different flow measuring devices, measurement techniques, and their applications in open channels.

Course Outline 

Lab Manual 

Lecture Material:

1. Determination of the state of flow and critical depth in an open channel

2. Flow Through a Venturi Flume

3. Flow Through a Cutthroat Flume

4. Hydraulic Jump

5. Velocity Distribution Profile in Laboratory Flume

6. Measurement of Discharge using Area- Velocity Method