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Journal of Engineering Research

Journal of Engineering Research

Abstract

A hydraulic jump is a well-known transitionalphenomenon from supercritical to subcritical flows withundulations of water-surface. In this transition, the water flowhas a high-velocity, water surface rises abruptly, surface rollersare formed, intense mixing occurs, the air is entrained, and alarge amount of energy is dissipated. In the present studycharacteristics of the hydraulic jumps in circular open channelswith a mild sloped have been discussed under a wide range ofexperimental conditions. The study aims to determine the effectof the channel’s mild slope on the characteristics of thehydraulic jumps with circular channels. A theoretical study hasbeen done and led to obtaining equations that can be used to getspecific force for the hydraulic jump that occurred in circularopen channels. A theoretical study is based on usingmomentum, and Froude’s number equations. An experimentalstudy has been investigated using Laboratory 40 experimentalruns in circular section flume for eight different dischargesranged from 3.92 to 12.07 l/sec were given with mild slopeequals 0.000833. In total, the experiments were conducted overa range of Froude numbers from 1.78 to 8.87. The experimentalworks concluded some dimensionless curves and new usefulformulas to get the length of the jump, energy dissipated andefficiency. The conjugated depth ratio is determined and plottedversus the upstream Froude number, downstream Froudenumber, head loss, and efficiency for different values of criticaldepths. The resulting graphs and equations of the present studyare readily applicable for a design for the hydraulic jumps inthe circular open channels with mild slope.

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