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What is the reduction in crest length due to each end contraction?

(a) 0.1H

(b) 0.2H

(c) 0.15H

(d) 0.25H

I had been asked this question in an online interview.

My doubt is from Time Required to Empty a Reservoir with  Weirs or Notches topic in chapter Orifices, Mouthpieces, Notches and Weirs of Fluid Mechanics

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The correct choice is (a) 0.1H

To explain I would say: Francis through his experiment had derived this empirical relation.

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