TECHNICAL NOTES
Jun 1, 1984

Parabolic Canal Design and Analysis

Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 2

Abstract

Advantages and disadvantages of the parabolic canals are described. Procedures are given for determining all design parameters for parabolic cross-sections. The changes in velocity, area and wetted perimeter depand on changes in the sideslope at the water surface. Numerical solution tables for different parameters are presented. An example of design calculations is given.

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Chow, V. T., Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw‐Hill, New York, N.Y., 1959.
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Chugayev, R. R., Hydraulics (Technical Fluid Mechanics) Energiia., Leningrad, U.S.S.R., 1960. (Translated from Russian, U.S. Department of the Interior, WPRS, Washington, D.C., 1977.)
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King, H. W., Handbook of Hydraulics, McGraw‐Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, N.Y. and London, 1939.

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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 110Issue 2June 1984
Pages: 241 - 246

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Published online: Jun 1, 1984
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Andrei P. Mironenko
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Land Reclamation Engrg., Leningrad Polytechnic Inst., USSR. (Visiting Prof., Utah State Univ.)
Lyman S. Willardson, M. ASCE
Prof., Dept. of Agr. and Irrig. Engrg., Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah
S. Abdollah Jenab, A. M. ASCE
Visiting Prof., Dept. of Agr. and Irrig. Engrg., Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah

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