We present an experiment designed to study magnetohydrodynamic effects in free surface channel flow. The wide aspect ratio channel (the width to height ratio is about 15) is completely enclosed in an inert atmosphere to prevent oxidization of the liquid metal. A custom-designed pump reduces entrainment of oxygen, which was found to be a problem with standard centrifugal and gear pumps. Laser Do...

Abstract The hydraulic characteristics of the flow are measured using tools such as flumes, in design and evaluation furrow irrigation systems. Proper use these tools, their immersion while working, is one important executive points this field; study, trapezoidal flumes used to measure intensity input output irrigation. proper method installing was investigated article. For purpose, during 60 o...

Gravel bed channels have a much greater capacity than sand bed channels to regulate the mobility of the bed surface through the formation of a surface layer of bed particles that is coarser than the particles supplied as load. The coarse surface layer affects bed mobility in two important ways. First, it reduces differences in mobility between coarser and finer particles on the bed surface by m...

A series of experiments was conducted to investigate the erosion behaviors of the noncohesive sediments downstream of smooth and rough aprons. A total of 33 tests were carried out with five different roughness conditions (k =0, 1, 1.85, 3.35 and 5mm) in a flume 0.5m wide, 0.6m deep and 9m long. For each run, s measurements were taken of the scour-hole profiles at the asymptotic or equilibrium s...

Scouring around a bridge pier is a complex phenomenon. More laboratory experiments are required to understand the scour mechanism. This paper focused on time development of local scour around piers and piles in semi integral bridges. Laboratory data collected at Hydraulics Laboratory, University of Malaya was analyzed for this purpose. Tests were performed with two different uniform sediment si...