Determine height and the velocity of the water downstream

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The centres of the piers in a bridge are 8.0m apart. The piers are each 0.8m wide. Water flow under the bridge with an upstream depth and velocity of 4.0m and 4.0m/s respectively. The pier has a drag coefficient Cd = 1.5.

a) Determine the height and the velocity of the water downstream of the bridge.

b) Determine the energy head loss.

Reference no: EM13312223

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