Section 4: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Subtopic: Flow in open channels
Question Statement:
In a horizontal rectangular flume of width $2.0\text{ m}$, a hydraulic jump occurs where the initial pre-jump depth is $y_1 = 0.20\text{ m}$ and the initial Froude number is $Fr_1 = 4.0$. Using the Belanger momentum equation $\frac{y_2}{y_1} = \frac{1}{2} \left( \sqrt{1 + 8 Fr_1^2} - 1 \right)$, calculate the sequent depth $y_2$ after the jump in $\text{meters}$.