Analysis of plunging phenomenon in dam reservoirs using three-dimensional density flow simulations

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1138-1151

  Üneş, Fatih ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dam reservoir; Density flow; Divergence flow; Mathematical model; Underflow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CORIOLIS FORCE; DAMS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

AMBIENT WATERS; AND MODELS; CARTESIAN COORDINATES; DAM RESERVOIR; DAM RESERVOIR FLOWS; DAM RESERVOIRS; DENSITY FLOW; DENSITY FLOWS; DIVERGENCE ANGLES; DIVERGENCE FLOW; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSPORTS; MIXING RATES; MODEL RESULTS; NONLINEAR; PLUNGING DEPTHS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SLOPING BOTTOMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; UNDERFLOW;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

CORIOLIS FORCE; DAM; DENSITY CURRENT; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 54949085367     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L08-061     Document Type: Article

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