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Design-of-sewers-Tutorial

Calculate velocity and discharge through rectangular sewer of `2.5\ m` width and `1.5\ m` depth and laid at a gradient of `1:200` and running full. Take Chezy's coefficient ,`C =58.8`.

Solution:

From Chezy formula,

`V=C root()(RS)`

`=58.8 root()(RS)`

Where, `R=A/P=(2.5**1.5)/(2(2.5+1.5))=0.4687\ m`

Thus,

`V=58.8 root()(0.4687**1/200)`

`=2.846\ m/s`

And the discharge is,

`Q=AV=(1.5**2.5)**2.846`

`=10.67\ m^3/s`

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