Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/5550
Title: Investigation of Improved Energy Dissipation in Stepped Spillways Applying Bubble Image Velocimetry
Authors: Mikalsen, Lars Marius
Thorsen, Kasper Haugaard
Bor, Asli
Lia, Leif
Keywords: stepped spillways
energy dissipation
inception point
skimming flow
air-entrainment
ADV
Flow Characteristics
Nonaerated Flow
Skimming Flow
Region
Publisher: MDPI
Abstract: This study investigates skimming flow regimes, two-phase air-water flow conditions, and simple measures to improve energy dissipation in stepped spillways. Experiments were conducted using two different scale physical models, 1:50 and 1:17, within separate rectangular flumes to define scale effects. Flow patterns were analyzed using the Bubble Image Velocimetry (BIV) technique, which tracks air bubbles. The introduction of splitters resulted in a 7% increase in relative energy dissipation. Additionally, the length of inception was reduced to Li/ks = 10, thereby decreasing the potential for subsequent cavitation. Beyond the BIV experiments, two experiments were conducted on the large-scale model using Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV), with and without splitters, to examine the impact of splitters on the velocity profile above the crest. In the experiment with splitters, the vertical velocity vector (v) contributed to turbulence by changing direction, thereby reducing average velocities both in front of and behind the ogee crest. This led to a reduction in energy on the downstream side of the spillway. Although the small-scale model appears unsuitable for studying two-phase flow, the change in relative energy dissipation from the baseline to the splitter configuration was practically identical for both scale models, thereby supporting the findings of the large-scale model.
URI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172432
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/5550
ISSN: 2073-4441
Appears in Collections:Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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