Owing to effective aeration and energy dissipation, a stepped spillway is commonly used in a roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam. However, its complex air-water flow features are far from being fully understood. Roughness density, step and cavity shapes are essential parameters. Numerical simulations are carried out to investigate their effects on hydraulic properties. In combination with the realizable k-ε turbulence model, the two-phase Mixture Model is used. The results indicate higher air concentrations for the spillway with rounded steps than the ones with trapezoidal steps; the roughness density and cavity shape show no observable effects on the aeration performance with cavity blockages. The characteristic air-water velocity for the trapezoidal steps layout is larger than that for the rounded steps. However, neither layout is sensitive to the roughness density; the velocity results for trapezoidal cavity and rounded cavity cases are almost independent of the roughness density. The velocity for all cases exclusive of trapezoidal steps increase with an increase in roughness density. The min. and max. pressures on the trapezoidal steps are slightly larger than those on the rounded steps; they increase with an increasing roughness density. The cavity shape and roughness density do not evidently influence the extreme pressures. Compared with the conventional step layout, chamfering the step edges slightly enhance the energy dissipation; partially blocking the cavities do not lead to any substantial change. In addition, the energy loss is not clearly related to the roughness density and step edge/cavity shape.


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    Titel :

    Numerical Modelling of Air-Water Flows over a Stepped Spillway with Chamfers and Cavity Blockages


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    KSCE J Civ Eng


    Beteiligte:
    Li, Shicheng (Autor:in) / Yang, James (Autor:in) / Li, Qiulin (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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