Open AccessSimulation and Analytical Estimation of Spillway Flip Bucket Parameters
Author(s) -
Prasanna SVSNDL*,
Suresh Kumar N
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.l3632.1081219
Subject(s) - spillway , volume of fluid method , trajectory , macro , jet (fluid) , function (biology) , energy (signal processing) , engineering , mechanics , simulation , control theory (sociology) , computer science , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , control (management) , flow (mathematics) , statistics , aerospace engineering , physics , astronomy , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence , biology , programming language
Spillway is an important component of the storage structure, meant to discharge excess amount of water in the reservoir. It also acts as a measure to control floods and protect the structure from overtopping and failure. For the safety of the structure, an appropriate energy dissipator is provided at the toe of the spillway. Of many alternatives, a flip buclet is often provided as a energy dissipater and its design plays a significant role. The design involves an accurate estimation of various parameters viz., trajectory jet velocity, angle of throw, length and height of the trajectory jet. The present study was carried out to analytically estimate the design parameters and compare them with the ANSYS-CFD simulation results. A new equation is proposed by means of user-defined function, based on the macro generated VOF - multiphase analysis. The analytical results estimated by the proposed equations were observed to have a good consonance with the simulation results having a variation less than 5%