Question 60

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A hydraulic jump is formed in a 5 m wide rectangular channel, which has a horizontal bed and is carrying a discharge of 15 m³/s. The depth of water upstream of the jump is 0.5 m. The power dissipated by the jump (in kW) is __________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
Note:
Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 m/s²
Density of water = 1000 kg/m³
Kinetic energy correction factor = 1.0

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2025CE

GATE CE 2025 · Paper 1

Civil Engineering · Original paper archive

Section
Civil Engineering
Question type
Numerical answer (NAT)
Marks
2 marks

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