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Computational modelling of free surface flow in intake structures using flow 3D software
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Aybar, Akın
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Intakes are inlet structures where fluid is accelerated to a certain flow velocity to provide required amount of water into a hydraulic system. Intake size and geometry affects the formation of flow patterns, which can be influential for hydraulic performance of the whole system. An experimental study is conducted by measuring velocity field in the hydraulic model of the head pond of a hydropower plant to investigate vortex formation. Vortex strength based on potential flow theory is calculated from the measured velocity field. It was shown that vortex strength increases with the submergence Froude number. The free surface flow in the head pond is simulated using Flow-3D software. Vortex strength calculations are repeated using the computational velocity distributions and compared to experimentally obtained values. Similar computations were carried on with some idealized pond geometries such as rectangular and circular.
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Open-channel flow.
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Fluid dynamics.
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Intakes (Hydraulic engineering).
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Hydraulic structures.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21571
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A. Aybar, “Computational modelling of free surface flow in intake structures using flow 3D software,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.
