Calculation of critical depth in a prismatic channel, Victor Miguel Ponce, San Diego State University

onlinechannel02.php: Critical depth in a prismatic channel

Definition sketch for a prismatic channel
Formulas

F² = (Q²T)/(gA³)
F = 1
(Q²/g)T - A³ = 0
A = y(b + zy)
T = b + 2zy
V = Q/A
D= A/T

INPUT DATA:

Select:

Flow discharge Q:

Bottom width b:

Side slope z:

INTERMEDIATE CALCS:

Units selected:
Gravitational acceleration g:
Flow area A:    0
Top width T:    0
Hydraulic depth D:    0
Froude number F:    0

OUTPUTxxxx:

Critical depth y_c:    0
Critical velocity V_c:    0



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M1 wsprofile	M2 wsprofile	M3 wsprofile	S1 wsprofile	S2 wsprofile	S3 wsprofile
C1 wsprofile	H2 wsprofile	A2 wsprofile	C3 wsprofile	H3 wsprofile	A3 wsprofile
sequent depth HJ	energy loss HJ	initial sequent HJ	efficiency HJ	critical width constriction
ogee spillway	Hazen-Williams	parallel pipes	three reservoirs	tractive force
V-notch weir	V-notch partially contracted	Cipolletti weir	Rectangular weir	Standard contracted rectangular weir	Standard suppressed rectangular weir
Froude number		Vedernikov number		Limiting contracting ratio
Creager	rational	slope-area	linear reservoir	storage indication 1	storage indication 2
Muskingum	Muskingum-Cunge	time-area	Clark UH	Cascade of linear reservoirs
USGS Methods for magnitude of floods in California	Kinematic wave applicability	Diffusion wave applicability	Clark's unit hydrography compared to Ponce's version	Correlation coefficient of a joint probability distribution	Storage volume of a detention basin
Blaney-Criddle	Penman	Penman-Monteith reference crop	Thornthwaite	Priestley-Taylor	Penman-Monteith ecosystems
Gumbel	Gumbel 2	Log Pearson	Log Pearson 2	TR-55 graphical	curve number
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UH cascade	dimensionless UH cascade		general UH cascade	series UH cascade	all series UH cascade
one-predictor linear	one-predictor nonlinear	two-predictor linear	two-predictor nonlinear	hyperbolic regression
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DO sag	DO sag analysis		Oxygenation	Salinity (EC to TDS)