Could a sluice gate be used as a flow measuring device? Comment on the performance of...

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Could a sluice gate be used as a flow measuring device?

Comment on the performance of the gate as a flow measuringdevice under both conditions (drowned and free)

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Yes discharge can be measured with sluice gate by the use of barnauli equation The sluice gate flow rate measurement is based on the Bernoulli Equation and can be expressed as 12 v12 g h1 12 v22 g h2 1 where h elevation height m density kgm3 v flow    See Answer
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