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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

The Bradshaw Model


Hydraulic Radius Exercise

Hydraulic Radius Exercise

(adapted from - Geographyalltheway)



Task

You will prove or disprove the following hypothesis:

Hydraulic radius increases with distance from the source.

Complete the following steps to help you prove or disprove the hypothesis:

   1. Download each of the Excel documents - one for each of the fieldwork sites.

   2. Complete the necessary calculations for each fieldwork site - some of the information can be found by clicking on the site locations on the map.

   3.  Produce a table in Excel that brings together the distance from source, velocity, discharge and hydraulic radius data for all the sites.

   4. Produce a graph to show how hydraulic radius changes with distance from the source - be careful with your x axis (distance from source).


   5.  Write a conclusion - how and why your graph proves or disproves the hypothesis.