Civil Engineering PE

Category - Hydraulics - Open

A hydraulic jump is likely to occur at which of the points in an open channel?
  1. Velocity of flow suddenly increases
  2. The flow depth is greater than the critical depth
  3. Water moving at a high velocity at shallow depth strikes water with a substantially deeper depth
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: C - A hydraulic jump is likely to occur at a point in an open channel where water moving at a high velocity at a shallow depth strikes water at a point where the depth of flow is substantially deeper. At this point, an abrupt rise of the water surface elevation forms (jump). A hydraulic jump is formed only if the flow is initially moving at critical speed before the transition to the area with deeper, slower moving water.
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