Stepped Spillway as an Energy Dissipater

This paper describes an experimental investigation into the hydraulics of ogee-profile stepped spillways, examines their viability as an alternative to smooth-back spillways and investigates their efficiency in reducing the downstream energy and length of the hydraulic jump. Tests were performed in...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Chatila, Jean G. (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Jurdi, Bassam R. (author)
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منشور في: 2004
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2993
http://dx.doi.org/10.4296/cwrj147
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4296/cwrj147#.V6lvUJh97cs
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Chatila, J. G., & Jurdi, B. R. (2004). Stepped spillway as an energy dissipater.Canadian Water Resources Journal, 29(3), 147-158.
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description This paper describes an experimental investigation into the hydraulics of ogee-profile stepped spillways, examines their viability as an alternative to smooth-back spillways and investigates their efficiency in reducing the downstream energy and length of the hydraulic jump. Tests were performed in a long rectangular flume with glass walls on both sides. One smooth model was used as a benchmark for comparison with stepped models made out of a combination of crests and bottoms of different step heights. Significant reductions in terminal velocities and total energies were observed, where the stepped spillway profiles tested proved to be very effective in terms of energy dissipation for flows of the order of the design head or lower. For flows beyond the design head, the effectiveness of the stepped spillway configuration was reduced and became negligible for heads greater than one and a half times the design head. It was concluded that the number of steps is the overbearing factor in expending flow kinetic energy and, therefore, reducing the length of the downstream forming hydraulic jump.
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spelling Stepped Spillway as an Energy DissipaterChatila, Jean G.Jurdi, Bassam R.This paper describes an experimental investigation into the hydraulics of ogee-profile stepped spillways, examines their viability as an alternative to smooth-back spillways and investigates their efficiency in reducing the downstream energy and length of the hydraulic jump. Tests were performed in a long rectangular flume with glass walls on both sides. One smooth model was used as a benchmark for comparison with stepped models made out of a combination of crests and bottoms of different step heights. Significant reductions in terminal velocities and total energies were observed, where the stepped spillway profiles tested proved to be very effective in terms of energy dissipation for flows of the order of the design head or lower. For flows beyond the design head, the effectiveness of the stepped spillway configuration was reduced and became negligible for heads greater than one and a half times the design head. It was concluded that the number of steps is the overbearing factor in expending flow kinetic energy and, therefore, reducing the length of the downstream forming hydraulic jump.PublishedN/A2016-02-03T10:22:35Z2016-02-03T10:22:35Z20042016-05-09Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article0701-1784http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2993http://dx.doi.org/10.4296/cwrj147Chatila, J. G., & Jurdi, B. R. (2004). Stepped spillway as an energy dissipater.Canadian Water Resources Journal, 29(3), 147-158.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4296/cwrj147#.V6lvUJh97csenCanadian Water Resources Journalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29932021-03-19T09:59:50Z
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title_full Stepped Spillway as an Energy Dissipater
title_fullStr Stepped Spillway as an Energy Dissipater
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title_short Stepped Spillway as an Energy Dissipater
title_sort Stepped Spillway as an Energy Dissipater
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2993
http://dx.doi.org/10.4296/cwrj147
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4296/cwrj147#.V6lvUJh97cs