Ex.No.

FLOW THROUGH A RECTANGULAR NOTCH

Date:

AIM

To determine the discharged codfficient of Ret\ctangular Notch.

PROCEDURE:

1. The internal plan dimenstions of the collecting tank and the angle of the
rectangular notch are noted down.

2. The supply valve is opened and the water is allowed to flow through the notch.

3. initially the head over the notch is kept maximum. Pointer gauge is adjusted to
touch the water surface and 9is noted as h .

4. For this head, the outlet valve of the collecting tank is tightly closed and the time
taken for a rise of 1 cm in the collecting tank is noted.

5. The above procedure is repeated by gradually reducing the flow.

6. The supply valve is closed completely and the sill level of the notch (h ). When
there is no discharge, is recorded. The observations are tabulated.

STANDARD DATA:

1) Area of the collecting tank (a) = 0.2079 Square metre

2) Angle of inclined manometer(a) = 24 Degree
3) Length of notch = 16.6 cm

FORMULA:

1) Area of the collecting tank A = 1 x b = 0.2079 Square metre

2) Head developed (H) = (h1-h2) sin a m

3) Actual discharge Q = Ah/tm /sec

4)Theoretical discharge (Q ) = 2 L 2gH metre square /sec.

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5) Coefficient of discharge C = Q /Q
Where

h = initial height of an inclined manometer (13.4 cm)

h = Final height of an inclined manometer m

a = Angle of inclinatioin (24 degree)

h = height of water in the measuring tank M

t = time for water collection. Sec.

L = Length of notch (16.6 cm)

g = acceleration due to gravity 9.81 metre per second

square

GRAPHICAL METHOD:

c = anti log (intercept)/antilog (slope)

GRAPH:

A graplh Q Vs Q is drawn taking Q on x axis and Q on y axis.

Tabulation:

Sl. No Height of inclined manometer (h) Height of water in Time for water
m measuring tank (h) m collection (t) sec
TABULATION:

Sl.No Height of Head Developed Actual Theoretical Discharge

inclined (H) flowrate(Q ) flowrate coefficient
manometer(h) (m) (metre cube (Q ) (Cd)
m per second) ( metre cube
per second)
RESULT:

The coefficient of discharge of Rectangular notch is,

From Calculation, (C ) =

From graph, (C ) =