Laboratory Calibration of the Float Method for Open-Channel Flow Mesurement
Location
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Event Website
http://water.usu.edu/
Start Date
3-25-2004 4:20 PM
End Date
3-25-2004 4:40 PM
Description
Measurements were taken in a rectangular flume in a hydraulics laboratory to determine surface velocity coefficients for the float method, used in open-channel flow measurement, and to obtain detailed cross-sectional velocity profiles under steady-state, uniform flow conditions. Various longitudinal bed slopes were used, each with a series of different flow rates. Measured values were compared to published surface velocity coefficients, and the cross-sectional velocity profiles were used to help calibrate a three-dimensional mathematical model of open channel flow, currently being used in the study of surface velocity coefficients for the calibration of the float method.
Laboratory Calibration of the Float Method for Open-Channel Flow Mesurement
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Measurements were taken in a rectangular flume in a hydraulics laboratory to determine surface velocity coefficients for the float method, used in open-channel flow measurement, and to obtain detailed cross-sectional velocity profiles under steady-state, uniform flow conditions. Various longitudinal bed slopes were used, each with a series of different flow rates. Measured values were compared to published surface velocity coefficients, and the cross-sectional velocity profiles were used to help calibrate a three-dimensional mathematical model of open channel flow, currently being used in the study of surface velocity coefficients for the calibration of the float method.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/runoff/2004/AllAbstracts/38