Date of Exam: 
May 1994
Subject: 
Hydraulics and Geotechnical Engineering

Problem
A circular concrete sewer pipe with coefficient of roughness n = 0.013 is 1.60 m in diameter and flowing half-full has a slope of 4 m per 5 km. Compute the discharge on the sewer pipe in cubic meter per second.

A.   3.456 C.   1.190
B.   2.674 D.   4.324

 

Answer Key

 

Solution

 
Category: 
Hydraulics
Sewer Pipe
Manning's Formula
Sewer Discharge

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