Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure

Combined hydraulic structure play an important role in controlling flow in open channels. This study was based on experimental and numerical modeling investigations for combined hydraulic structure. For this purpose three physical models of combined sharp crested trapezoidal weir with bottom opening...

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Main Authors: Bshkoj S. Hussein, Shaker A. Jalil
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Language:English
Published: Tikrit University 2020-03-01
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Online Access:https://tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/140
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description Combined hydraulic structure play an important role in controlling flow in open channels. This study was based on experimental and numerical modeling investigations for combined hydraulic structure. For this purpose three physical models of combined sharp crested trapezoidal weir with bottom opening and one physical model of sharp crested trapezoidal weir separately were used and tested by running eight different flow rates over each model. In which three configurations of bottom opening were tested; the first configuration is a rectangular gate while other two configuration were trapezoidal with two different side slopes of (1V:4H) and (1V:2H). The water surface profiles passing through weir-gate system were measured for all thirty two runs of all models which show uniform flow at 2.11h from the upstream of weir. The commercial computational fluid dynamic software ANSYS CFX was used to simulate flow numerically. The verification of the numerical model was based on water surface profiles and discharge which showed acceptable agreement. Also, the results showed that discharge coefficient Cd varies from (0.52-0.58). Furthermore, it was shown that both models with trapezoidal gate pass a higher discharge of flow than the model with rectangular gate with average percentage increase of discharge (40.78% and 19.40%) for trapezoidal side slopes (1H:2V and 1H:4V) respectively. In addition, the combined system with milder trapezoidal side slopes of bottom opening had a better performance for discharging weir flow which is about 40% as compared with traditional one. Finally, the empirical equations for stage-discharge relationship were estimated for all models and discharge coefficients were estimated for all runs.
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spelling doaj.art-31403744acd340499ee3259c58fe11612023-07-11T18:12:12ZengTikrit UniversityTikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences1813-162X2312-75892020-03-0127110.25130/tjes.27.1.06Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate StructureBshkoj S. Hussein0Shaker A. Jalil1Water Recourses Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, IraqWater Recourses Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, IraqCombined hydraulic structure play an important role in controlling flow in open channels. This study was based on experimental and numerical modeling investigations for combined hydraulic structure. For this purpose three physical models of combined sharp crested trapezoidal weir with bottom opening and one physical model of sharp crested trapezoidal weir separately were used and tested by running eight different flow rates over each model. In which three configurations of bottom opening were tested; the first configuration is a rectangular gate while other two configuration were trapezoidal with two different side slopes of (1V:4H) and (1V:2H). The water surface profiles passing through weir-gate system were measured for all thirty two runs of all models which show uniform flow at 2.11h from the upstream of weir. The commercial computational fluid dynamic software ANSYS CFX was used to simulate flow numerically. The verification of the numerical model was based on water surface profiles and discharge which showed acceptable agreement. Also, the results showed that discharge coefficient Cd varies from (0.52-0.58). Furthermore, it was shown that both models with trapezoidal gate pass a higher discharge of flow than the model with rectangular gate with average percentage increase of discharge (40.78% and 19.40%) for trapezoidal side slopes (1H:2V and 1H:4V) respectively. In addition, the combined system with milder trapezoidal side slopes of bottom opening had a better performance for discharging weir flow which is about 40% as compared with traditional one. Finally, the empirical equations for stage-discharge relationship were estimated for all models and discharge coefficients were estimated for all runs. https://tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/140Combined systemTrapezoidal weirComputational Fluid dynamicGate flowDischarge coefficient
spellingShingle Bshkoj S. Hussein
Shaker A. Jalil
Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure
Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
Combined system
Trapezoidal weir
Computational Fluid dynamic
Gate flow
Discharge coefficient
title Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure
title_full Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure
title_fullStr Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure
title_full_unstemmed Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure
title_short Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure
title_sort hydraulic performance for combined weir gate structure
topic Combined system
Trapezoidal weir
Computational Fluid dynamic
Gate flow
Discharge coefficient
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