1. CE 531 Open channel Flow
Picture Project
Spring 2011

2. Picture 1. River Landscape with artificial dam, Location: Rio Grande, Leasburg Dam Area, NM
“Man of wisdom delights in water” -Confucius, Analects

3. Picture 2. Flow regime over 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

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

5. Picture 4. Erosion of rock face due to water currents, Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM
“The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone” -Lucretius

6. Picture 5. Subcritical and super critical flow conditions, 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

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

8. Picture 7. Subcritical and super critical flows mixing together , Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM
Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting-Anonymous author from the
Old West

9. Picture 8. Riparian vegetation along River, Location: Leasburg Dam Area, NM
“No water, no life. No blue, no green”-Anonymous.

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

11. Picture 10. Most of the time Water is savior of life, but sometimes destroyer, Location: Leasburg
Dam Area,NM
“Water is a good servant, but it is a cruel master”- John Bullein, 1562