Parshall Flume Equations Formulas Design Calculator
Fluid Mechanics Hydraulics

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Solving for upstream depth.



Note: This equation is valid only for flumes with throat width between 2 and 8 feet.

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Inputs:

throat section width (B)		meter attometer centimeter chain dekameter decimeter exameter femtometer foot gigameter hectometer inch kilometer light year link megameter micrometer mile millimeter nanometer petameter picometer rod terameter yard
flow rate (Q)		meter^3/second cc/hour centimeter^3/second centimeter^3/hour deciliter/minute foot^3/minute foot^3/second gallon/minute liter/day liter/minute liter/second meter^3/day meter^3/minute milliliter/hour milliliter/minute

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Conversions:

throat section width (B)	=	0		=	0	foot
flow rate (Q)	=	0		=	0	foot^3/second

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Solution:

upstream depth (h1)

=

HAS NOT BEEN CALCULATED

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Other Units:

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References - Books:

Martin Wanielista, Robert Kersten and Ron Eaglin. 1997. Hydrology Water Quantity and Quality Control. John Wiley & Sons. 2nd ed.

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