Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations

Contents xxi

Flow through an Orifice .............................................. 6.11

Flow through the Suction Pipe of a Drainage

Pump .................................................................... 6.11

Power of a Flowing Liquid .......................................... 6.12

Discharge over a Sharp-Edged Weir .......................... 6.12

Laminar Flow in a Pipe ............................................... 6.13

Turbulent Flow in Pipe - Application of Darcy-

Weisbach Formula ................................................ 6.14

Determination of Flow in a Pipe .................................. 6.16

Pipe-Size Selection by the Manning Formula ............. 6.16

Loss of Head Caused by Sudden Enlargement of

Pipe ...................................................................... 6.17

Discharge of Looping Pipes ........................................ 6.18

Fluid Flow in Branching Pipes .................................... 6.18

Uniform Flow in Open Channel - Determination of

Slope .................................................................... 6.19

Required Depth of Canal for Specified Fluid Flow

Rate ...................................................................... 6.19

Alternate Stages of Flow; Critical Depth ..................... 6.20

Determination of Hydraulic Jump ............................... 6.22

Rate of Change of Depth in Nonuniform Flow ............ 6.23

Discharge between Communicating Vessels ............. 6.24

Variation in Head on a Weir without Inflow to the

Reservoir .............................................................. 6.25

Variation in Head on a Weir with Inflow to the

Reservoir .............................................................. 6.25

Dimensional Analysis Methods ................................... 6.27

Hydraulic Similarity and Construction of Models ........ 6.29

Part 2. Pump Operating Modes, Affinity Laws, Speed

and Head ................................................................. 6.29

Series Pump Installation Analysis ................................ 6.29

Parallel Pumping Economics ........................................ 6.32