Otimização do método dos molinetes com ajuste do perfil hidrodinâmico para a estimação da descarga líquida em corpos hídricos usando recursos de interpolação e integração numérica

In the last years, there has been an increase in computational analyses in the study of hydrodynamic profiles for the determination of flows in watercourses as an attempt to reduce inaccuracies in traditional calculations. This article aims to develop an algorithm for the determination of flow rates in open channels using numerical procedures to optimize the hydrometric windlasses method in order to reduce the time in data analyzes and to provide a detailed treatment of velocities as a function of depth. In this article, the input data used in the computational project result from the measuring campaign present in Literature,which was carried out in the Braço do Norte river, in the Tubarão river basin, at the point where the São Ludgero Hydrometeorological Station, of National Waters Aggency (ANA), is located, in SC. Regarding the method of the windlasses in their traditional form,the model presented in this work presents small percentage differences of estimates This allows the validation of the proposed model and means that the use of numerical integrations and interpolations, especially the cubic splines, for the modeling of the flow measurement in watercourses is satisfactory and it can be used in the practice of instrumentation and measurement.