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A New Exact Solution of One Dimensional Steady Gradually Varied Flow in Open Channels

Received: 1 June 2017     Accepted: 22 June 2017     Published: 27 July 2017
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Abstract

One dimensional steady gradually varied flow in open channels is of academic and practical importance. Ita been studied for various applications and in various contexts since the 19th Century. There several classes of gradually varied flow; i.e., one or more dimensions, steady and transient flows. Gradually varied flow may occur in several channel geometries comprising rectangular, trapezoidal, parabolic bottom surfaces and diverse configurations: simple channels, compound channels, and channel networks. The wide rectangular channel case is of particular interest in its own right, as well as serving as a validation benchmark for transient, and multiple dimensional gradually varied flow, the latter normally solved by numerical techniques and therefore requiring calibration. In this paper, a new exact analytical and easy to compute solution is developed. It is shown that this solution possesses the ease of computation as an advantage in comparison with existent exact solutions reported in the literature. As this solution involves a multiple valued function, it is consistent with the nonuniqueness propert of the intial value problem of one dimensional steady gradually varied flow.

Published in Engineering Mathematics (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.engmath.20170101.12
Page(s) 7-10
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Keywords

Gradually Varied Flow, Open Channels, Steady One Dimensional, Exact Solution

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  • Department of Energy Technology, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Department of Ocean Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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