Division of critical flow at three-branch open-channel intersection

Autor: Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak, Leszek Lewicki, Gilbert Travin, André Paquier, Nicolas Riviere
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d'Hydraulique Saint-Venant / Saint-Venant Laboratory for Hydraulics (Saint-Venant), École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-PRES Université Paris-Est-EDF (EDF)-Avant création Cerema, Laboratoire National d’Hydraulique et Environnement (EDF R&D LNHE), EDF R&D (EDF R&D), EDF (EDF)-EDF (EDF), Cracow University of Technology, Hydrologie-Hydraulique (UR HHLY), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF), Laboratoire de Mecanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique (LMFA), École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Hydraulic Research
Journal of Hydraulic Research, Taylor & Francis, 2011, 49 (2), pp.231-238. ⟨10.1080/00221686.2011.558174⟩
ISSN: 1814-2079
0022-1686
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2011.558174
Popis: International audience; An experimental study of the characteristics of dividing critical flows in a 90° open-channel junction formed by three horizontal equal-width branches is presented, conducted for various inflow discharges and downstream boundary conditions. Outflow discharges and flow depths were also measured. Four main flow patterns are identified considering the location and length of the hydraulic jumps that develop across the main and lateral channels. A relationship between the discharge division ratio and the tailwater Froude number is found, reproducing well the experimental data. Practical applications of this relationship include the design of open channel and pipe networks and one-dimensional numerical modelling of flood propagation in urban areas. The study shows also that a two-dimensional depth-averaged numerical model hardly gives better predictions of the discharge ratios because of the presence of three-dimensional features at the junction.
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