Boundary shear stress analysis in smooth rectangular channels

Seckin G., Seckin N., Yurtal R.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, vol.33, no.3, pp.336-342, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1139/l05-110
  • Journal Name: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.336-342
  • Keywords: boundary shear, shear force, open channel flow
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study reports on experiments concerning the boundary shear stress and boundary shear force distributions in a smooth rectangular flume. Nonlinear regression-based equations are derived, from experimental analysis to give the percentage of the total shear force carried by the walls and mean wall and bed shear stresses around the-wetted perimeter as functions of the ratio of channel width to channel depth.