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Hydraulics
Field Sketch of Site
Listed below are several photographs annotated with hydraulic features.
Flow Direction (Magnitude x Direction)
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The picture to the right demonstrates the change in flow direction across a portion of Summit Creek. The boulders in this photo represent the boulder/rock shelf in the field sketch.
Hydraulic Jump
Surface Water Features
Surface Flow Types
Cross Section While Facing Upstream
I took a floating ice ball I compacted and threw into the stream about 21 seconds to travel 10 meters, approximately. Discharge (Q) = Velocity (V) x Area (A), so Q = (10/21) x (0.6875) = 0.33 m3/sec, or cubic meters / second.
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