CE 531 Open channel Flow

Picture Project Spring 2011

“Man of wisdom delights in water” -Confucius, Analects

Picture 1. River Landscape with artificial dam, Location: Rio Grande, Leasburg Dam Area, NM

“Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science”-John F. Kennedy

Picture 2. Flow regime over Dam, Location: Rio Grande, Leasburg Dam Area, NM

Picture 3. Waves resulted from energy dissipation , Location: Rio Grande, Leasburg Dam Area, NM

“The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone” -Lucretius

Picture 4. Erosion of rock face due to water currents, Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM

“What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else”-Hal Boyle

Picture 5. Subcritical and super critical flow conditions, Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM

Picture 6. Hydraulic Jump formation, Location: A Primary Lateral canal, Albuquerque, NM

Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting-Anonymous author from the Old West

Picture 7. Subcritical and super critical flows mixing together , Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM

“No water, no life. No blue, no green”-Anonymous.

Picture 8. Riparian vegetation along River, Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM

Picture 9. Normal subcritical slope flow conditions on the Rio Grand, Robledo mountains on the background

“Water is a good servant, but it is a cruel master”- John Bullein, 1562

Picture 10. Most of the time Water is savior of life, but sometimes destroyer, Location: Leasburg Dam Area,NM