Water Harvesting Research

Current Issue

By Issue

By Author

By Subject

Author Index

Keyword Index

About Journal

Aims and Scope

Editorial Board

Indexing and Abstracting

Related Links

FAQ

Peer Review Process

Journal Metrics

News

Publication Ethics

Self-Archiving Policy

Terms and conditions for submitting an article

Instructions for Authors

Forms and Templates

Computation of Water Surface Profile through the Gravel Dams in Series

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.

Abstract

This paper presents an in-depth study of water surface calculation of rockfill detention structures in series. Different flow characteristics in porous media were investigated, explaining the influence of velocity, hydraulic gradient and geometric media characteristics. Two mathematical models were presented based on the fundamental relationships in gradually varied flow theory in open channels and combining it with the pore velocity equations of Wilkins and Forchheimer. The analytical solutions were evaluated using laboratory data sets of three angular rockfill materials and four employed discharges. It was observed that presented analytical solutions can accurately predict the water surface profile. However, the Forchheimer equation needs the calibration of two coefficients in comparison to the Wilkins equation with one coefficient. Also, the results show a good association between the Froude number and Manning's coefficient in the power form trend. It was seen that power variation provides a suitable interpretation of the flow coefficient for all flow and rockfill geometric conditions.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References
Bari, R., & Hansen, D. (2002). Application of gradually-varied flow algorithms to simulate buried streams. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 40(6), 673-683.
Barry, D., & Bajracharya, K. (1995). On the Muskingum-Cunge flood routing method. Environment International, 21(5), 485-490.
Bazargan, J., & Shoaei, S. M. (2006). Application of gradually varied flow algorithms to simulate buried streams.
Bear, J., & Cheng, A. H.-D. (2010). Modeling groundwater flow and contaminant transport (Vol. 23). Springer.
Chabokpour, J., & Amiri Tokaldany, E. (2017). Experimental-numerical simulation of longitudinal water surface profile through large porous media. Iranian Water Researches Journal, 11(3), 81-90.
Chabokpour, j., & Azhdan, Y. (2020). Extraction of an analytical solution for flood routing in the river reaches (case study of Simineh River). Journal of Hydraulics, 15(2), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.30482/jhyd.2020.229739.1456
Chabokpour, J., Chaplot, B., Dasineh, M., Ghaderi, A., & Azamathulla, H. M. (2020). Functioning of the multilinear lag-cascade flood routing model as a means of transporting pollutants in the river. Water Supply, 20(7), 2845-2857.
Chanson, H. (2004). Environmental hydraulics for open channel flows. Elsevier.
Freeze, R. A., & Cherry, J. A. (1979). Groundwater Prentice-Hall Inc. Eaglewood Cliffs, NJ.
FRENCH, R. H. (1986). Open channel hydraulics.
Garga, V., Townsend, R., & Hansen, D. (1991). A method for determining the surface area of quarried rocks. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 14(1), 35-45.
Hansen, D., Garga, V. K., & Townsend, D. R. (1995). Selection and application of a one-dimensional non-Darcy flow equation for two-dimensional flow through rockfill embankments. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 32(2), 223-232.
Herrera, N., & Felton, G. (1991). Hydraulics of flow through a rockhll dam using sediment-free water. Transactions of the ASAE, 34(3), 871-0875.
Joy, D. (1991). Nonlinear porous media flow: determination of parameters for a coarse granular media. 13th Canadian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Winnipeg, Canada,
Li, B., Garga, V. K., & Davies, M. H. (1998). Relationships for non-Darcy flow in rockfill. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 124(2), 206-212.
Martins, R. (1990). Turbulent seepage flow through rockfill structures. Water power & dam construction, 90, 41-45.
Mccorquodale, J. A., Hannoura, A.-A. A., & Sam Nasser, M. (1978). Hydraulic conductivity of rockfill. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 16(2), 123-137.
Salahi, M.-B., Sedghi-Asl, M., & Parvizi, M. (2015). Nonlinear flow through a packed-column experiment. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 20(9), 04015003.
Samani, H. M., Samani, J. M., & Shaiannejad, M. (2003). Reservoir routing using steady and unsteady flow through rockfill dams. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(6), 448-454.
Sedghi-Asl, M., & Ansari, I. (2016). Adoption of extended Dupuit–Forchheimer assumptions to non-Darcy flow problems. Transport in Porous Media, 113(3), 457-469.
Sedghi-Asl, M., & Rahimi, H. (2011). Adoption of Manning's equation to 1D non-Darcy flow problems. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 49(6), 814-817.
Sedghi-Asl, M., Rahimi, H., Farhoudi, J., Hoorfar, A., & Hartmann, S. (2014). One-dimensional fully developed turbulent flow through coarse porous medium. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 19(7), 1491-1496.
Sedghi Asl, M., Amiri Tokaldany, E., & Chapokpour, J. (2013). Estimation of friction coefficient in sediment contained flow through rockfill. International Journal of Engineering, 26(2), 187-196.
Stephenson, D. (1979). Rockfill in hydraulic engineering. Elsevier.
Todd, D. K., & Mays, L. W. (2004). Groundwater hydrology. John Wiley & Sons.
Wilkins, J. (1955). Flow of water through rock fill and its application to the design of dams. New Zealand Engineering, 10(11), 382-387.
Wu, F.-C., & Huang, H.-T. (2000). Hydraulic resistance induced by deposition of sediment in porous medium. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 126(7), 547-551.
Zeng, Z., & Grigg, R. (2006). A criterion for non-Darcy flow in porous media. Transport in Porous Media, 63(1), 57-69.
 
  
Water Harvesting Research
Volume 6, Issue 2
September 2023
Pages 276-287
Files
Share
How to cite
Statistics