An experimental investigation of aeration performance in stepped spillways

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Baylar, Ahmet ^a   Emiroglu, M Emin ^a   Bagatur, Tamer ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aeration performance; Dissolved oxygen; Nappe flow; Oxygen transfer; Skimming flow; Stepped spillway; Transition flow

Indexed keywords

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC JUMP; OXYGEN; TRANSITION FLOW;

AERATION EFFICIENCY; CHUTE ANGLE; OXYGEN TRANSFER; STEPPED SPILLWAYS;

SPILLWAYS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC JUMP; OXYGEN; SPILLWAYS; TRANSITION FLOW;

AERATION; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NAPPE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPILLWAY; WATER QUALITY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34147147417     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2005.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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