Optimal Design of Channel Having Horizontal Bottom and Parabolic Sides
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 133, Issue 2
Abstract
The cost of open channels can be minimized by using (1) the optimal design concept; (2) a new geometric shape to substitute for the trapezoidal channels, and/or (3) a composite channel. The channels in which the roughness along the wetted perimeter become distinctly different from part to part of the perimeter are called composite channels. The feasibility of a new cross-sectional shape that has a horizontal bed and two parabolic sides and lined as a composite channel is investigated to substitute for the trapezoidal cross section. The optimal design concept is used to establish the efficacy of the proposed new cross-sectional shape, because it gives the best and unique design of open channels. In optimal design concept, the geometric dimensions of a channel cross section are determined in a manner to minimize the total construction costs. The constraints are the given channel capacity and other imposed restrictions on geometric dimensions. The Lagrange multiplier technique is used to solve the resulting channel optimization models. The developed optimization models are applied to design the proposed and trapezoidal channels to convey a given design flow considering various design scenarios which include unrestricted, flow depth constrained, side slopes constrained, and top width constrained design. Each of these design scenarios again takes into account fixed freeboard, and depth-dependent freeboard cases of design. An analysis of the optimization results establishes the cost-saving capability of the proposed cross-sectional shape in comparison to a trapezoidal cross section.
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Received: Apr 19, 2005
Accepted: Jul 6, 2006
Published online: Apr 1, 2007
Published in print: Apr 2007
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