Study of rehabilitation plan of bottom outlet service and emergency gates of Karun 1 dam

Ghaderi, Mohsen

doi:10.1680/jdare.20.00016

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“…Considering that the slot's retraction angle is 1 : 12 and W/D � 140/162 � 0.86 and Δ/W � 25/140 � 0.18, the allowable index value is about 0.2, and this index is about 0.79 in Sardab Dam's gate slot. Accordingly, cavitation will not happen in the slot [39][40][41][42].…”

Section: Pressure Values In the Bottom Outlet's Tunnel Of Sardabmentioning

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Hydrodynamic Performance and Cavitation Analysis in Bottom Outlets of Dam Using CFD Modelling

Yamini

Mousavi

Kavianpour

et al. 2021

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Bottom outlets are significant structures of dams, which are responsible for controlling the flow rate, operation, or removal of reservoir sedimentation. The service gate controls the outlet flow rate, and whenever this gate is out of order, the emergency gate which is located at upstream is utilized. The cavitation phenomenon is one of the common bottom outlets’ problems due to the rapid flow transfer. The present research is a numerical study of the flow pattern in a dam’s bottom outlet for different gate openings by the use of Flow-3D software and RNG k-ε turbulence model. The investigation is carried out on the Sardab Dam, an earth dam in Isfahan (Iran). The maximum velocity for 100% opening of the gate and Howell Bunger valve is about 18 m/s in the section below the gate, and the maximum velocity for 40% opening of the gate is equal to 23.1 m/s. For 50% opening of the service and emergency gate in the valve’s upstream areas, the desired pressure values are reduced. Moreover, in the areas between the two emergency and service gates, the pressure values are reduced. The possibility of cavitation in this area can be reduced by installing aerators. The flow pattern in Sardab Dam’s bottom outlet has relatively stable and proper conditions, and there are no troublesome hydraulic phenomena such as local vortices, undesirable variations in pressure, and velocity in the tunnel, and there is no flow separation in the critical area of flow entering into the branch.

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Section: Pressure Values In the Bottom Outlet's Tunnel Of Sardabmentioning

confidence: 99%