Cross-Section Hydraulic Analyzer

Uniform flow hydraulic parameters

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The following Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was developed by the NRCS Water Quality and Quantity Technology Development Team, has been tested, and correctly produces the results of Manning's equation for uniform flow in a cross-section. The spreadsheet employs macros which are safe in this version at the time downloaded. The user is cautioned that proper use of the spreadsheet requires training in hydraulics.

These files require Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Word ,  or a zip program.

        If you have trouble downloading, see this help.

xsecAnalyzerVer14.xlsm  (if using Internet Explorer: xsecAnalyzerVer14.zipx)

factsheet.docx

xsecAnalyzerVer14.zipx  (work-around for download troubles, or an Excel2003 version.)

manningsNaturally.pdf Check out this white paper on computation of uniform flow and composite roughness values.  It also alerts the user about a key disadvantage of the Forest Service program WinXSPRO.

 

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Here's a view of hydraulic parameter output (scroll horizontally at the bottom):
screenshot of xsec analyzer ver 13

 

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