The Rough Model Method (RMM) Application to The Computation of Normal Depth in Circular Conduit
The Open Civil Engineering Journal
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18 Apr 2014 •
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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DOI: 10.2174/1874149501408010057
Abstract
A new method is presented to compute the normal depth in circular conduit. This is the rough model method (RMM). It states that the linear dimension of a conduit or channel is equal to the linear dimension of a referential rough model corrected by the effect of a non-dimensional correction factor. The method is based on the Colebrook-White and Darcy-Weisbach relationships, applicable to the entire domain of turbulent flow. From the relationship governing the flow in the rough model, the normal depth in a circular conduit is explicitly deduced.
Keywords: Circular conduit, discharge, energy slope, normal depth, rough model method.
