Aeration and de-aeration at bottom aeration devices on spillways
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Aeration devices are introduced along chute spillways and at bottom outlets to prevent cavitation damage in high velocity flows. Bottom aerators are characterised by large quantities of air entrained along the jet interfaces but also by a strong de-aeration process near the impact of the water jet with the spillway bottom. In this paper, the aeration and de-aeration occurring respectively in the aeration region and in the impact region are reviewed. A re-analysis of air concentration data obtained on models provides information on the flow characteristics at the end of the impact region. These results enable an accurate initialisation of the downstream flow calculations using the method developed by CHANSON (1989b).
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