Shear stress (acting on the bed of a channel)
Description
For a channel that is at an angle a from horizontal, the shear component of the stress acting on the bed , which is the component acting tangentially to the bed, equals the total pressure times the sine of the angle a
Related formulasVariables
| τb | Shear stress on the bed (Pa) |
| ρ | Density of the fluid (kg/m3) |
| g | Standard gravity |
| h | Depth of the flow (m) |
| α | Angle of the channel from the horizontal (degrees) |