1986-10-07_PERMIT FILE - C1981008A

• Permit No: C1981008A
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 10/7/1986
• Doc Name: Dodson & Associates Hydraulic Programs TRAP PIPE
• Section_Exhibit Name: Tab 13 Attachment J
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION TO THE DODSON HYDRAULICS LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 PURPOSE OF THE DODSON HYDRAULICS LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 DESCRIPTION OF HYDRAULICS LIBRARY PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 INFORMATION TO HELP YOU GET STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3.1 Files on the Program Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3.2 Getting Started Ouickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3.3 Making Backup Copies of the Program Disk . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 PROGRAM MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4.1 The MAIN MENU . . . . . . . 3
1.4.1.1 What the MAIN MENU Looks Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4.1.2 How to Use the MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4.2 The HELP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.2.1 What the HELP MENU Looks Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.2.2 H9w to Use the HELP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 ENTERING DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5.1 Basic Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5.2 Getting Help During Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5.3 Example of Data Entry "Help Window" . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5.4 Range of Allowable Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.6 PROGRAM OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.6.1 Available Types of Program Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.6.2 Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.6.3 Example of Printed Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6.4 Displaying and Printing Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6.4. 1 Plotting a Graph on the Computer Screen . . . . . . . . 7
1.6.4.2 Required Hardware for Screen Graphics . . . . . . . . . 8
1.6.4.3 Plotting a Graph on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.6.4.4 Example of Printed Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.6.4.5 Required Hardware for Printer Graphics . . . . . . . . 9
1.6.4.6 Using the "Shift-PrtSc" Command to Print Graphs . . . . 9
1.6.4.7 Example of Graph Printed Using "Shift-PrtSc" Command 11
1.7 PROGRAMMING NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 TRAPEZOIDAL AND CIRCULAR CHANNEL ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1 DESCRIPTION OF TRAPEZOIDAL CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 DESCRIPTION OF CIRCULAR CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4 NORMAL DEPTH FOR TRAPEZOIDAL OR CIRCULAR CHANNELS . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.1 Purpose of Normal Depth Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.2 Required Input Data for Normal Depth Procedure . . . . . . . 14
2.4.2.1 Getting Help During Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.2.2 Flow Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.2.3 Channel Bottom Slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4.2.4 Manning's Roughness Coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4.2.5 Trapezoidal Channel Side Slopes . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4.2.6 Trapezoidal Channel Bottom Width . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4.2.7 Circular Channel Diameter . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.3 Description of Results of Normal Depth Procedure . . . . . . 16
2.4.3.1 Normal Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.3.1.1 Normal Depth in a Trapezoidal Channel . . . . . . 16
2.4.3.1.2 Normal Depth in a Circular Channel . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.3.2 Flow Velocity at Normal Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.3.3 Froude Number at Normal Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.3.4 Velocity Head at Normal Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DODSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. THE DODSON HYDRAULICS LIBRARY