The experimental study reported here is intended to evolve new designs of stilling basins for deep and narrow openings used as outlets. Several appurtenances such as grid, Impact wall, stepped wall, weir wall, sloping end sill and wedge shaped blocks are used to study their influence on the hydraulic performance of the stilling basins with an aim to propose efficient stilling basin models. All ...

Hydraulic Energy dissipators are devices to protect downstream areas of basin from erosion by reducing the velocity of flow up to an acceptable limit. The stilling basins are transition structures fabricated to dissipate excess energy confined by flow with high velocity at the outlet of conduit or tunnel so that the flow beyond the basin does not threaten the firmness of bed and banks of downst...

Presence of steps in radial stilling basins affect positively or negatively the characteristics of the free hydraulic jumps depending upon the type of the step, the height of the step, the position of the step in the basin and the dominant flow conditions. The effects of all these factors on the characteristics of the free radial hydraulic B-jump are addressed through the present experimental i...

Using bottom outlets for drain and regulation of water level in reservior has significant importance in performance mahagment of dam. Amount of service and emergency gates opening have important role in pressure, velocity and discharge coefficient variations and finally dam performance. In the present research, flow aeration between emergency and service gates was studied with different hydraul...

the control of hydraulic jump through thin-crested sills in a trapezoidal channel was studied theoretically as well as experimentally. the experiments were conducted in a specially designed stilling basin for 1:1 side slope. the results show that for a given side slope, end sill increases the stability of the jump within the stilling basin. it also causes a 13-15 percent reduction in the length...