Application of computational fluid dynamics to predict hydrodynamic downpull on high head gates

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2017-01-01

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Köken, Mete
Aydın, İsmail

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Purpose - High head gates are commonly used in hydropower plants for flow regulation and emergence closure. Hydrodynamic downpull can be a critical parameter in design of the lifting mechanism. The purpose of this paper is to show that a simplified two-dimensional (2D) computational fluid dynamics solution can be used in the prediction of the downpull force on the gate lip by comparison of computed results to experimentally measured data.

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Computational fluid dynamics, Downpull, Downpull coefficient, High head gates

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37988

Journal

ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1108/ec-04-2016-0137

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M. Köken and İ. Aydın, “Application of computational fluid dynamics to predict hydrodynamic downpull on high head gates,” ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS, pp. 1191–1203, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37988.