Flow Over a Hump

[Mrbobbyjoe]

Hello Everyone!
I am conducting an experiment which is "Flow Over a Hump in an Open Channel" using water. I just wanted to ask what type of channel would be best to use, flume, rectagular, or others? Also , what materials are good for this experiment?>

Thanks, Richard

 

[dicksewerrat]

Your experiment, your choice.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

http://WWW.amlinereast.com

 

[pennpoint]

I submit a flume. why, I like flumes.

Regards
pennpoint (nobody)

Best regards
pennpoint

 

[MikeHalloran]

I like flumes too, but I'd use a rectangular channel so I could change the hump geometry without a lot of fuss. Maybe even dynamically, e.g. a sheet metal hump forced up by a hydraulic cylinder from the bottom of a plywood channel.

If you want to undertake a more ambitious, and practically useful, experiment, consider this: Find a way to apportion water from a stream among consumers who are distributed along the stream, using passive, simple technology, that is effective over a wide range of stream flows.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[StephenA]

I did this for my final year project and used a glass sided rectangular channel and various thicknesses of mild steel plate to make the hump.

StephenA

 

[Artisi]

What outcome/s are you looking for - an "experiment" without an outcome is not an experiment - just a waste of time and effort.

Also, I agree with "dicksewerrat (Civil/Environme)" --

It's your experiment - so you make the decisions.

Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
Thailand