CE-613A Computational Methods for

Hydraulics & Hydrology

Lab Assignment -7: Deshpande Prasad Jayant
(Roll Number 17103270)

1. A non prismatic rectangular channel consists of three reaches each 500 ft long. The
upper reach is 25 ft wide and horizontal, and has a Mannings’s n of 0.025; the middle reach
is 10 ft wide, but has a slope of 0.04, and has a Manning’s n of 0.013; the lower reach is
20ft wide, is horizontal, and has a Manning’s n of 0.02. The channel terminates in a free
overfall. For a discharge of 220 ft3/s, determine the water surface profile using HECRAS.

The longitudinal section for given problem is as follows

lab7prob1 Plan: Plan 01 3/12/2018

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35 Legend

Ground
30

25
Elevation (ft)

20

15

10

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Main Channel Distance (ft)
Following are the water surface profile required

lab7prob1 Plan: Plan 01 3/12/2018

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35 Legend

EG PF 1
30
WS PF 1
25 Crit PF 1
Ground
Elevation (ft)

20

15

10

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Main Channel Distance (ft)

For detailed values of water surface elevation, please refer attached reports in .txt format. E.g.
Prob2Profile1Report.txt

2. A prismatic trapezoidal concrete (n = 0.013) channel (bottom width, 6 m, and side-slope

1H:1V) consists of three reaches. The upper reach is 45 m long and has a slope of 0.0008;
the middle reach is 75 m long, and has a slope of 0.016; the lower reach is 30 m long and
is horizontal. For a discharge of 4.5 m3/s, determine the water surface profile for the three
different water surface levels at the outlet using HEC-RAS.
The cross section is as follows

The longitudinal section is as follows

lab7prob2 Plan: Plan 02 3/12/2018

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Legend

86 Ground
Elevation (m)

84

82

80

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Chainage (m)
Following are the water surface profiles required

A) Water Surface profile for downstream water surface elevation is 80 m .

lab7prob2 Plan: Plan 02 3/12/2018

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Legend

86 EG PF 1
Crit PF 1
WS PF 1
Elevation (m)

84 Ground

82

80

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Chainage (m)

B) Water Surface profile for downstream water surface elevation is 81 m .

lab7prob2 Plan: Plan 02 3/12/2018
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Legend

86 EG PF 2
WS PF 2
Crit PF 2
Elevation (m)

84 Ground

82

80

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Chainage (m)
 C) Water Surface profile for downstream water surface elevation is 82 m .

lab7prob2 Plan: Plan 02 3/12/2018

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Legend

86 EG PF 3
WS PF 3
Crit PF 3
Elevation (m)

84 Ground

82

80

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Chainage (m)

For detailed values of water surface elevation, please refer attached reports in .txt format. E.g.
Prob2Profile1Report.txt