Journal
JOURNAL OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING
Volume 131, Issue 6, Pages 546-554Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2005)131:6(546)
Keywords
-
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Optimal design equations for a parabolic canal section are presented in this paper. The design equations for a minimum earthwork cost section and a minimum cost lined section are in explicit form and result in optimal dimensions of a canal in single step computations. These have been obtained after applying the Fibbonaci search method on a nonlinear unconstrained optimization problem. The study also addresses the bounds on the canal dimensions and the velocity or flow. A nondimensional parameter approach has been used to simplify the analysis, and a set of graphs for nondimensional parameters are presented as in alternative for design. Design procedures for different cases have been presented to demonstrate the simplicity of the method.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available