Numerical simulation of air-water flow in gated tunnels

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Najafi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zarrati, Amir Reza ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydraulics hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; Waterways canals

Indexed keywords

AIR DEMAND; AIR-WATER FLOW; CAVITATION INDICES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; CRITICAL FLOW CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FREE SURFACES; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-VELOCITY FLOWS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL MODEL; RATING CURVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

AIR; CANALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIRFLOW; CANAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TUNNEL; TURBULENCE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77953522664     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2010.163.6.289     Document Type: Article

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