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440 Flow with a free surface<br />

Putting u1 = q/h1, where q represents the discharge divided by width, we get<br />

h1h 2 2 + h2 1 h2 − 2q 2 /g = 0 (10.24)<br />

whence<br />

h2 =− h1<br />

�<br />

��<br />

�<br />

+ �<br />

�<br />

h2 1 2q2<br />

+ =−<br />

2 (−) 4 gh1<br />

h1<br />

2 +<br />

�<br />

��<br />

�<br />

�<br />

h2 1<br />

4 + 2h1u2 �<br />

1<br />

g<br />

(10.25)<br />

(The negative sign for the radical is rejected because h2 cannot be negative.)<br />

Equation 10.24 is symmetrical in respect <strong>of</strong> h1 and h2 and so a similar<br />

solution for h1 in terms <strong>of</strong> h2 may be obtained by interchanging the suffixes.<br />

The depths <strong>of</strong> flow on both sides <strong>of</strong> a hydraulic jump are termed the conjugate<br />

depths for the jump.<br />

We recall that the following assumptions have been made:<br />

1. The bed is horizontal (or so nearly so that the component <strong>of</strong> weight in<br />

the direction <strong>of</strong> flow may be neglected) and the rectangular cross-section<br />

uniform (i.e. the channel is not tapered).<br />

2. The velocity over each <strong>of</strong> the cross-sections considered is so nearly<br />

uniform that mean velocities may be used without significant error.<br />

3. The depth is uniform across the width.<br />

4. Friction at the boundaries is negligible. This assumption is justifiable<br />

because the jump occupies only a short length <strong>of</strong> the channel.<br />

5. Surface tension effects are negligible.<br />

The loss <strong>of</strong> mechanical energy that takes place in the jump may be readily<br />

determined from the energy equation. If the head lost in the jump is hj then<br />

� � � �<br />

hj =<br />

h1 + u2 1<br />

2g<br />

= h1 − h2 + q2<br />

2g<br />

−<br />

2g<br />

�<br />

1<br />

h2 −<br />

1<br />

1<br />

h2 �<br />

2<br />

h2 + u2 2<br />

which on substitution from eqn 10.24 yields<br />

�<br />

h1h<br />

hj = h1 − h2 +<br />

2 2 + h2 1h2 ��<br />

1<br />

4 h2 −<br />

1<br />

1<br />

h2 �<br />

2<br />

= � �3/4h1h2 h2 − h1<br />

(10.26)<br />

This amount is represented by the distance hj on Fig. 10.23b. This dissipation<br />

<strong>of</strong> energy is a direct result <strong>of</strong> the considerable turbulence in the wave: friction<br />

at the boundaries makes a negligible contribution to it. The frictional forces<br />

in the wave are in the form <strong>of</strong> innumerable pairs <strong>of</strong> action and reaction and<br />

so, by Newton’s Third Law, annul each other in the net force on the control<br />

volume considered in deriving eqns 10.13 and 10.23. Fortunately then, the<br />

exact form <strong>of</strong> the jump between sections 1 and 2 is <strong>of</strong> no consequence in our<br />

analysis.

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