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Hydraulic Jump Calculator

Water flows out of a constant height reservoir, over a spillway, across a concrete apron, and into a trapezoidal river.
This program calculates the distance, measured from the toe of the spillway, required for the hydraulic jump to occur.
Blue cells are user inputs, green cells are program outputs.

Channel & River Design Parameters

B 20 ft Channel width and river base width


S0 0.0001 ft/ft Geometric slope of river
Run Clear Load
n 0.022 ft1/3 Mannings roughness coefficient for spillway & river Example
z 1.5 River side slope, assumes prismatic trapezoidal cross section

Operational Parameters
river cross section
Q 3276 cfs Flow rate over the spillway
y0 43.0 ft Depth of reservoir T

Spillway Calculations 1 A y

y1 3.24 ft Depth of flow at the toe of the spillway z


B
Fr1 4.9567 Froude number at toe, nominally supercritical (greater than 1.0)
y2 21.13 ft Required conjugate depth for hydraulic jump at toe of spillway
channel cross section
Tailwater Calculations

yT 19.90 ft Tailwater depth, defines y1T which controls jump location, Lj A y


FrT 0.3252 Froude number at tailwater, nominally subcritical (less than 1.0)
B
y1T 3.57 ft Conjugate depth required for hydraulic jump to tailwater depth

Gradually Varied Flow Calculations


spillway details
Lj 45.60 ft Jump location, measured from toe of the spillway transition to
supercritical flow

y2 > yT, Jump is forced downstream of the spillway toe.

Node x y A P R Vavg Sf Fr
toe
ft ft ft2 ft ft ft/s ft/ft y0
1 0.00 3.24 64.74 26.47 2.445 50.60 0.1704 4.9567 y1
2 2.30 3.25 65.07 26.51 2.455 50.35 0.1678 4.9188
3 4.59 3.27 65.40 26.54 2.464 50.09 0.1652 4.8815
4 6.88 3.29 65.73 26.57 2.474 49.84 0.1627 4.8446
5 9.17 3.30 66.06 26.61 2.483 49.59 0.1603 4.8081 x
6 11.46 3.32 66.40 26.64 2.492 49.34 0.1579 4.7721
7 13.75 3.34 66.73 26.67 2.502 49.09 0.1556 4.7366
8 16.03 3.35 67.06 26.71 2.511 48.85 0.1533 4.7015
hydraulic jump details
9 18.32 3.37 67.39 26.74 2.520 48.61 0.1510 4.6668
10 20.60 3.39 67.72 26.77 2.530 48.37 0.1488 4.6326
jump
11 22.88 3.40 68.06 26.81 2.539 48.14 0.1466 4.5987
12 25.16 3.42 68.39 26.84 2.548 47.90 0.1445 4.5653
GVF y1T
13 27.44 3.44 68.72 26.87 2.557 47.67 0.1424 4.5323 yT

tailwater
14 29.72 3.45 69.05 26.91 2.566 47.44 0.1404 4.4997 y1
15 31.99 3.47 69.38 26.94 2.576 47.22 0.1384 4.4675
16 34.26 3.49 69.71 26.97 2.585 46.99 0.1364 4.4356
17 36.53 3.50 70.05 27.00 2.594 46.77 0.1345 4.4041
18 38.80 3.52 70.38 27.04 2.603 46.55 0.1326 4.3730
Lj
19 41.07 3.54 70.71 27.07 2.612 46.33 0.1308 4.3423 energy
20 43.33 3.55 71.04 27.10 2.621 46.11 0.1290 4.3119 x dissipation
21 45.60 3.57 71.37 27.14 2.630 45.90 0.1272 4.2819
Hydraulic Jump Calculator
Water flows out of a constant height reservoir, over a spillway, across a concrete apron, and into a trapezoidal river.
This program calculates the distance, measured from the toe of the spillway, required for the hydraulic jump to occur.
Blue cells are user inputs, green cells are program outputs.

Channel & River Design Parameters

B 20 ft Channel width and river base width


S0 0.0001 ft/ft Geometric slope of river
Run Clear Load
n 0.022 ft1/3 Mannings roughness coefficient for spillway & river Example
z 1.5 River side slope, assumes prismatic trapezoidal cross section

Operational Parameters
river cross section
Q 3276 cfs Flow rate over the spillway
y0 43.0 ft Depth of reservoir T

Spillway Calculations 1 A y

y1 3.24 ft Depth of flow at the toe of the spillway z


B
Fr1 4.9567 Froude number at toe, nominally supercritical (greater than 1.0)
y2 21.13 ft Required conjugate depth for hydraulic jump at toe of spillway
channel cross section
Tailwater Calculations

yT 19.90 ft Tailwater depth, defines y1T which controls jump location, Lj A y


FrT 0.3252 Froude number at tailwater, nominally subcritical (less than 1.0)
B
y1T 3.57 ft Conjugate depth required for hydraulic jump to tailwater depth

Gradually Varied Flow Calculations


spillway details
Lj 45.60 ft Jump location, measured from toe of the spillway transition to
supercritical flow

y2 > yT, Jump is forced downstream of the spillway toe.

Node x y A P R Vavg Sf Fr
toe
ft ft ft2 ft ft ft/s ft/ft y0
1 0.00 3.24 64.74 26.47 2.445 50.60 0.1704 4.9567 y1
2 2.30 3.25 65.07 26.51 2.455 50.35 0.1678 4.9188
3 4.59 3.27 65.40 26.54 2.464 50.09 0.1652 4.8815
4 6.88 3.29 65.73 26.57 2.474 49.84 0.1627 4.8446
5 9.17 3.30 66.06 26.61 2.483 49.59 0.1603 4.8081 x
6 11.46 3.32 66.40 26.64 2.492 49.34 0.1579 4.7721
7 13.75 3.34 66.73 26.67 2.502 49.09 0.1556 4.7366
8 16.03 3.35 67.06 26.71 2.511 48.85 0.1533 4.7015
hydraulic jump details
9 18.32 3.37 67.39 26.74 2.520 48.61 0.1510 4.6668
10 20.60 3.39 67.72 26.77 2.530 48.37 0.1488 4.6326
jump
11 22.88 3.40 68.06 26.81 2.539 48.14 0.1466 4.5987
12 25.16 3.42 68.39 26.84 2.548 47.90 0.1445 4.5653
GVF y1T
13 27.44 3.44 68.72 26.87 2.557 47.67 0.1424 4.5323 yT

tailwater
14 29.72 3.45 69.05 26.91 2.566 47.44 0.1404 4.4997 y1
15 31.99 3.47 69.38 26.94 2.576 47.22 0.1384 4.4675
16 34.26 3.49 69.71 26.97 2.585 46.99 0.1364 4.4356
17 36.53 3.50 70.05 27.00 2.594 46.77 0.1345 4.4041
18 38.80 3.52 70.38 27.04 2.603 46.55 0.1326 4.3730
Lj
19 41.07 3.54 70.71 27.07 2.612 46.33 0.1308 4.3423 energy
20 43.33 3.55 71.04 27.10 2.621 46.11 0.1290 4.3119 x dissipation
21 45.60 3.57 71.37 27.14 2.630 45.90 0.1272 4.2819

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