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• <br />n <br />LJ <br />North Decline Final Reclamation <br />Powderhorn Coal Company <br />Riprap Size Requirements for North Decline Drainage Channel <br />SECTION 1 <br />Riprap Size = 12" <br />Slope = 0.075 <br />Discharge = 470 cfs <br />Manning's n = 0.0395 x d,,"' = 0.0395 x 116 = 0.0395 <br />At n = 0.0395, V = 10.84 fps (from FLOMASTER program) <br />Drainage Criteria Manual rock size requirements: <br />VS'.17 = 5.8 <br />ds' . (S3-1) <br />where: V = velocity in feet/sec <br />S = channel slope in feet/foot <br />Ss = specific gravity of rock <br />d50 = riprap size <br />assume: SS = 2.5 <br />d50 = ((10.84 x 0.075017) / ((2.5-1)0.66 x 5.8))2 <br />d5' = 0.85' = 10.2" <br />therefore, 12" rock is acceptable <br />SECTION 2 <br />Riprap Size = 6" <br />Slope = 0.025 <br />Discharge = 470 cfs <br />Manning's n = 0.0395 x d50116 = 0.0395 x 0.516 = 0.0352 <br />At n = 0.0352, V = 8.26 fps (from FLOMASTER program) <br />d50 = ( (8.26 X 0.025.17) / ((2.5-1)'-66 x 5.8))' <br />d50 = 0.34' = 4.1" <br />therefore, 6" rock is acceptable <br />NDEC - 13 <br />(New 2-26-92) <br />