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How to calculate the rate of flow of water through a V- notch?
We very rarely use the V-notch weir anymore due to the complexity of calculating the rate of of flow. Here in the United States we have started using a combination of orifice and/or multiple square weirs to determine outflow of a pond. If it absolutely necessary to use a v-notch then a computer program such as hydroflow hydrograph would be necessary to calculate that outflow.
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Bryan P. Lindsey, P.E.
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I am an expert in Civil Engineering with a degree form the Georgia Institute of Technology with 12 years experience in the following fields of Civil engineering; Transportation, General civil, Civil site design, drainage, project management and many others.
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I have 12 years experience in multiple fields of civil engineering. I spent the first four years of my career in the transportation industry by being a design engineer for prominent transpotation firm in Atlanta. I moved from there to civil site design and worked as a project manager for the next six years and currently I am the Director of Transportation for same firm.
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Member of American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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Bachelors of Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996.
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