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The hydraulic diameter, D H, is a commonly used term when handling flow in non-circular tubes and channels. Using this term, one can calculate many things in the same way as for a round tube. Using this term, one can calculate many things in the same way as for a round tube.
The hydraulic radius is one of the properties of a channel that controls water discharge. It also determines how much work the channel can do, for example, in moving sediment. All else equal, a river with a larger hydraulic radius will have a higher flow velocity, and also a larger cross sectional area through which that faster water can travel.
is the hydraulic radius, which is the cross-sectional area of flow divided by the wetted perimeter (for a wide channel this is approximately equal to the water depth) [m]; is Manning's coefficient [time/length 1/3]; and; is a constant; k = 1 when using SI units and k = 1.49 when using BG units.
The length of line of the intersection of channel wetted surface with a cross sectional plane normal to the flow direction. The term wetted perimeter is common in civil engineering, environmental engineering, hydrology, geomorphology, and heat transfer applications; it is associated with the hydraulic diameter or hydraulic radius. Engineers ...
The area-equivalent radius of a 2D object is the radius of a circle with the same area as the object Cross sectional area of a trapezoidal open channel, red highlights the wetted perimeter, where water is in contact with the channel. The hydraulic diameter is the equivalent circular configuration with the same circumference as the wetted perimeter.
R is the hydraulic radius (in ft for US customary units, in m for SI units) S is the slope of the energy line ( head loss per length of pipe or h f /L) The equation is similar to the Chézy formula but the exponents have been adjusted to better fit data from typical engineering situations.
= Hydraulic radius =Total length of piping = Fanning friction factor, = Sum of all kinetic energy factors in system Once calculated, the total head loss can be used to solve the Bernoulli Equation and find unknown values of the system.
Hydraulic radius, (m, ft) – For fluid-filled, circular conduits, = D/4 = (inside diameter)/4 Note: Some sources use a constant of 3.71 in the denominator for the roughness term in the first equation above.