Depths Of Flow In Pipe

[RjMelbourne]

Ladies & Gents

Please excuse lack of knowledge but I am still learning.

If I know a flow in a pipe, plus all the pipe characteristics eg. Grade diameter "n" value how do I establish the depth of flow the get my wetted perimeter.

Where this is leading is I have to prove that I have slime stripping flow and velocity in a sewer pipe. Problem is I know the pipe is not flowing full and I am unclear on how to establish the depth of flow to calculate the wetted perimeter to proceed with my mannings calculation.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LHA]

Calc the HGL through the system. Assume a reasonable tailwater on the last pipe, work up with loses through the structures. The HGL approximates the depth of flow.

But if you are just looking for v/vfull relationships, use Q/Qfull to get d/D. Go to pages 111-113 in this Manual:

http://164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp?docid...aspx?fs=2087d8407c0e00008000047b0000047b&ft=1

Engineering is the practice of the art of science - Steve

 

[gbam]

Ok, Sounds like you need to establish normal depth in a circular cross section. This can be done the way lha adresses with v/vfull and nomographs or using math and the properties of circles. Rather than crunch out the equations now, I will look for the appropiate equations and post them later.

 

[gbam]

Sorry RjMelbourne for taking so long to get back but here are the eqs i mentioned:

z=D/2-y
A=cos^-1 (Z/r)
P=DA
R=A/P
"Angle in Radians"

Y= depth from invert
A=angle from vert to radius matching water surface
Z=center of pipe to water surface (r-y)

Hope this helps I tried to bring in a sketch but could not.