Application of computational fluid dynamics to predict hydrodynamic downpull on high head gates
ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS, cilt.34, ss.1191-1203, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.1108/ec-04-2016-0137
- Dergi Adı: ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1191-1203
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.