concrete lined rectangular channel 5.5 m wide carries water at a rate of 10 m3 /s. Calculate critical velocity in m/s if the channel bed is having a slope of 1 in 2000. Take Manning’s constant N = 0.01.   Answers: a.1.044 b.0.696 c.0.216 d.2.613

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A concrete lined rectangular channel 5.5 m wide carries water at a rate of 10 m3 /s. Calculate critical velocity in m/s if the channel bed is having a slope of 1 in 2000. Take Manning’s constant N = 0.01.
 
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a.1.044
b.0.696
c.0.216
d.2.613
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