Consider a farm irrigation ditch in a loam soil having the following dimensions: bottom  width= 0.6 m, total depth, 0.5 m, side slopes= 1.5 horizontal to 1 vertical, and depth of water= 0.4 m. If the bottom of the ditch has a uniform slope of 2 m/km, and if the bottom & sides are kept smooth and free from weeds, what will be the mean velocity(m/s) of flow and discharge in m^3/s? Use n = 0.02. Find the shear stress at the watersurface, at half flow depth, and the canal bottom in N/m2 (or Pa). What is the shear velocity in m/sec?

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Consider a farm irrigation ditch in a loam soil having the following dimensions: bottom 
width= 0.6 m, total depth, 0.5 m, side slopes= 1.5 horizontal to 1 vertical, and depth of water= 0.4 m.

If the bottom of the ditch has a uniform slope of 2 m/km, and if the bottom & sides are kept smooth and free from weeds, what will be the mean velocity(m/s) of flow and discharge in m^3/s? Use n = 0.02. Find the shear stress at the watersurface, at half flow depth, and the canal bottom in N/m2 (or Pa). What is the shear velocity in m/sec? 

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