Field Testing of a Simple Flume (SMBF) for Flow Measurement in Open Channels
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 134, Issue 2
Abstract
In this paper the stage–discharge relationship of a new flume named SMBF (Samani, Magallanex, Baiamonte, Ferro), originally proposed by Samani and Magallanez and tested by Baiamonte and Ferro, for measuring flow discharge in open channels is reviewed. The flume is obtained inserting two semicylinders in a rectangular cross section. The results of some experimental runs carried out using horizontal flumes characterized by different values of the contraction ratio (ranging from 0.17 to 0.81) are used for determining the two coefficients of the power stage–discharge equation. The stage–discharge equation is tested using flow measurements carried out in the period between December 2004 and March 2006 in the Sicilian experimental SPA1 basin. Field testing of the SMBF flume is developed using discharge measurements carried out by a Khafagi–Venturi flume placed in the field measurement channel.
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Acknowledgments
This research is supported by a grant from the DESERTNET2 Project. V. F. set up the research. All the writers analyzed the results and participated in writing the paper.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 134 • Issue 2 • April 2008
Pages: 235 - 240
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© 2008 ASCE.
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Received: Jan 29, 2007
Accepted: Jun 18, 2007
Published online: Apr 1, 2008
Published in print: Apr 2008
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