Design and Operation Principles of Hydraulic Headwater Structures (Weirs, Barrages and Dams)

Hydraulic design of A-type Piano Key Weirs

Piano Key Weirs (PKWs) are an alternative to linear overflow structures, increasing the unit discharge for similar heads and spillway widths. Thus, they allow to operate reservoirs with elevated supply levels, thereby providing additional storage volume. As they are relatively novel structures, few design criteria are available. Hence, physical model tests of prototypes are required. This study...

Hydraulic and Environmental Aspects of Long Crested Weirs

Long crested weirs are gaining popularity amongst the hydraulic engineers owing to obvious hydraulic advantage of flow magnification. These weirs can pass much higher floods from the available width of a natural water course. Such weirs may also be introduced in water treatment plants for mixing of chemicals. This paper discusses the advantages of long crested weirs, such as duckbill and labyri...

Debris dams and the relief of headwater streams

In forested, mountain landscapes where debris flows are common, their deposition commonly forms valley-spanning dams of wood, boulders, or complex mixtures of both in headwater valleys. Sediment impoundment behind these dams causes alluviation in what would otherwise be bedrock channels. In this paper, the effects of debris dams on the evolution of headwater valley profiles over geologic time a...

Hydraulic Aspects in Design and Operation of Axial-flow Pumps

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...