Physical and Numerical Comparison of Flow over Ogee Spillway in the Presence of Tailwater

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1353-1357

  Johnson, Michael C ^a   Savage, Bruce M ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPILLWAYS; WATER RESOURCES; DAMS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

MODELING PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; PHYSICAL MODELLING; TAILWATER;

NUMERICAL MODELS; SPILLWAYS;

NUMERICAL MODELS; SUBMERGED FLOW; TAILWATER; WAVE CREST;

DAMS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SPILLWAYS;

DAM; FLOW MODELING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SPILLWAY;

EID: 33751100102     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2006)132:12(1353)     Document Type: Article

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