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A summary of measured hydraulic data for the series of steady and unsteady flow experiments over patterned roughness

Open-File Report 79-1260
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Abstract

This report summarizes and makes available to other investigators the measured hydraulic data collected during a series of experiments designed to study the effect of patterned bed roughness on steady and unsteady open-channel flow. The patterned effect of the roughness was obtained by clear-cut mowing of designated areas of an otherwise fairly dense coverage of coastal Bermuda grass approximately 250 mm high. All experiments were conducted in the Flood Plain Simulation Facility during the period of October 7 through December 12, 1974. Data from 18 steady flow experiments and 10 unsteady flow experiments are summarized. Measured data included are ground-surface elevations, grass heights and densities, water-surface elevations and point velocities for all experiments. Additional tables of water-surface elevations and measured point velocities are included for the clear-cut areas for most experiments. One complete set of average water-surface elevations and one complete set of measured point velocities are tabulated for each steady flow experiment. Time series data, on a 2-minute time interval, are tabulated for both water-surface elevations and point velocities for each unsteady flow experiment. All data collected, including individual records of water-surface elevations for the steady flow experiments, have been stored on computer disk storage and can be retrieved using the computer programs listed in the attachment to this report. (Kosco-USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title A summary of measured hydraulic data for the series of steady and unsteady flow experiments over patterned roughness
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 79-1260
DOI 10.3133/ofr791260
Edition -
Year Published 1979
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 2 v.; 1419 p. :ill. ;28 cm.
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