Showing 51 results for Discharge
H. Elahifar, O. Tayari, N. Yazdanpanah, M. Momeni,
Volume 25, Issue 4 (12-2021)
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The discharge coefficient of labyrinth weirs increases with increasing the crest length in a certain width range. The present research was carried out in a laboratory flume with a length of 8 m, a width of 0.6 m, and a height of 0.6 m. The discharge coefficient of two-cycle symmetric and asymmetric rectangular labyrinth weirs was experimentally measured. The dimensional analysis by the Buckingham π theorem indicated that the discharge coefficient was dependent on Se, B/Wavg, Ht/P, and WL/WR. According to the results, the discharge coefficient decreased with increasing the hydraulic head in the symmetric and asymmetric labyrinth weirs and the linear weir. Asymmetric labyrinth weirs with a WL/WR of 2.05 outperformed symmetric labyrinth weirs with a WL/WR of 1. Quantitatively, the discharge coefficient of the labyrinth weir with a B/Wavg of 3.1 was respectively 21% and 94% higher than that with a B/Wavg of 2.93 and 2.76. The discharge coefficient of the labyrinth weir with a WL/WR of 2.05 was 10-27% higher than that with a WL/WR of 1. The discharge coefficient of the linear weir was 60-250% higher than that of labyrinth weirs.
K. Ghaderi, B. Motamedvaziri, M. Vafakhah, A.a. Dehghani,
Volume 25, Issue 4 (12-2021)
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Proper flood discharge forecasting is significant for the design of hydraulic structures, reducing the risk of failure, and minimizing downstream environmental damage. The objective of this study was to investigate the application of machine learning methods in Regional Flood Frequency Analysis (RFFA). To achieve this goal, 18 physiographic, climatic, lithological, and land use parameters were considered for the upstream basins of the hydrometric stations located in Karkheh and Karun watersheds (46 stations with a statistical length of 21 years). The best Probability Distribution Function (pdf) was then determined using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test at each station to estimate the flood discharge with a return period of 50-year using maximum likelihood methods and L-moments. Finally, RFFA was performed using a decision tree, Bayesian network, and artificial neural network. The results showed that the log Pearson type 3 distribution in the maximum likelihood method and the generalized normal distribution in the L moment method are the best possible regional pdfs. Based on the gamma test, the parameters of the perimeter, basin length, shape factor, and mainstream length were selected as the best input structure. The results of regional flood frequency analysis showed that the Bayesian model with the L moment method (R2 = 0.7) has the best estimate compared to other methods. Decision tree and artificial neural network were in the following ranks.
A. Kasra, A. Khosrojerdi, H. Babazadeh,
Volume 26, Issue 1 (5-2022)
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M. Sabouri, A.r. Emadi, R. Fazloula,
Volume 26, Issue 2 (9-2022)
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A compound sharp-crested weir is often used to measure a wide range of flows with appropriate accuracy in open channels. In this study, experiments were performed to investigate the hydraulic flow through a compound weir of circular-rectangular with changes in hydraulic and geometric parameters in free and submerged flow conditions. The characteristics of the weirs include rectangular spans width of 39 cm, a circular radius of 5, 7.5, and 12.5 cm, and heights of 10 and 15 cm. The results showed that by increasing the radius and height of the Weir, upstream water depth increases around 28.4%. At a constant h/p, the discharge coefficient increases with the increasing radius of the circular arc. Also, in the submerged conditions, the discharge coefficient is less (around 40%) than in the free flow condition, which is due to the resistance of the depth of the created stream against the passage of the flow.
T. Mohammadi, V. Sheikh, A. Zare,
Volume 26, Issue 4 (12-2022)
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Trend analysis of stream flow provides practical information for better management of water resources on the eve of climate change. Therefore, the present study investigated river flow variations during three decades as well as projections of future discharge in the Gorganrood watershed. The Man-Kendall method has been used to detect the trend and methods of Pettitt, SNHT, and Buishand to identify points of a sudden change in discharge time series in 8 stations of Aq Qala, Galikesh, Gonbad, Haji Ghoshan, Nodeh, Ramyan, Sadgorgan, and Tamar. The Mann-Kendall trend test showed the existence of a significant negative trend (flow reduction) on a daily and annual scale in all stations. Monthly, the strongest negative trend in Aq Qala, Galikesh, Gonbad, Haji Ghoshan, and Ramyan stations was related to July, but in Nodeh and Tamar stations, it was related to August and February, respectively. A decreasing trend was observed in all stations on a seasonal scale, but this trend was not significant in some seasons. The results of the analysis of change points in discharge showed that the change points in the data used in this study are more of a decreasing and in some cases incremental type and some stations, no change points have been identified at all. Therefore, the number of decreasing changes in the studied hydrometric stations is significantly higher than the incremental changes and is more visible from 1993 to 1997 and 2005-2007 in three and four stations, respectively. Also, the most incremental changes among the stations are related to the Aq Qala station in 2017 with a flow rate of 234 cubic meters per second. Investigation of the flow of the basin in the past decades showed significant monotonic and abrupt changes which are mostly toward decreasing the basin’s discharge. The downward trend in discharge values at different time scales for all hydrometric stations of the Gorganrood watershed, which will be more severe in the future due to global climate change, and increasing the region's water needs for various future use due to population growth and the expansion of industries can also be considered as a serious warning for policymakers, planners, and local managers to prevent a possible water crisis in the region in the future with proper planning.
S. Salehi, A. Mahmoodi Moghadam,
Volume 27, Issue 2 (9-2023)
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The present study investigated the related parameters to decrease the seepage through homogenous and heterogeneous earth dams by employing experimental models and solutions. Two heterogeneous earth dam models with vertical clay cores were considered to illustrate the effect of the electrokinetic application on the time failure factor. The seepage lines were measured along the longitudinal section from the heel to the toe using the observation wells by adjusting the electrodes of the electrokinetic application through the vertical clay core. The initial comparison expounds that adjusting the electrokinetic approach can decrease the level of the seepage line due to depleting water by considering horizontal drainage. Furthermore, the failure time was increased by 18 percent due to inputting the voltage in the clay content. The results indicated that the models with an electrokinetic approach were stabilized more than the ones. The hydrographs of the flow discharge were measured along the experimental tests to investigate the effect of electrokinetics with and without electrodes in 10 and 20 clay percent of the dam soil content. Results indicated that employing the electrokinetic application due to increasing clay content caused the effect of the electrokinetic was significantly increased and it caused the discharge flow reduced of 32 percent.
M. Majedi Asl, T. Omidpour Alavian, M. Kouhdaragh, V. Shamsi,
Volume 27, Issue 3 (12-2023)
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Non-linear weirs meanwhile economic advantages, have more passing flow capacity than linear weirs. These weirs have higher discharge efficiency with less free height upstream compared to linear weirs by increasing the length of the crown at a certain width. Intelligent algorithms have found a valuable place among researchers due to their great ability to discover complex and hidden relationships between effective independent parameters and dependent parameters, as well as saving money and time. In this research, the performance of support vector machine (SVM) and gene expression programming algorithm (GEP) in predicting the discharge coefficient of arched non-linear weirs was investigated using 243 laboratory data series for the first scenario and 247 laboratory data series for the second scenario. The geometric and hydraulic parameters were used in this research including the water load (HT), weir height (P), total water load ratio (HT/p), arc cycle angle (Ɵ), cycle wall angle (α), and discharge coefficient (Cd). The results of artificial intelligence showed that the combination of parameters (Cd, H_T/p, α, Ɵ) respectively in GEP and SVM algorithms in the training phase related to the first scenario (Labyrinth weir with cycle wall angle 6 degrees) were respectively equal to (R2=0.9811), (RMSE=0.02120), (DC=0.9807), and (R2=0.9896), (RMSE=0.0189), (DC=0.9871) in the second scenario (Labyrinth weir with a cycle wall angle of 12 degrees) it was equal to (R2=0.9770), (RMSE=0.0193), (RMSE=0.9768), and (R2 = 0.9908), (RMSE = 0.0128), (DC = 0.9905), which compared to other combinations has led to the most optimal output that shows the very favorable accuracy of both algorithms in predicting the coefficient the Weir discharge is arched non-linear. The results of the sensitivity analysis indicated that the effective parameter in determining the discharge coefficient of the arched non-linear Weir in GEP and in SVM is the total water load ratio parameter (HT/p). Comparing the results of this research with other researchers revealed that the evaluation indices for GEP and SVM algorithms of this research had better estimates than other researchers.
S. Barani, M. Zeinivand, M. Ghomeshi,
Volume 27, Issue 4 (12-2023)
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In this study the effect of orifice number and dimensions in combined structure sharp crested rectangular weir with multiple square orifice was investigated. For this propose, some experiments in different flow rate, different orifice number and dimensions were done. The results showed that by different orifice numbers and dimensions, flow discharge increased at the same upstream flow head. This increasing trend was observed in all numbers and dimensions of the investigated experiments. The analysis of the quantitative results showed that by increasing the number of orifices, the discharge rate through the combined structure of weir-orifice was increased on average 2.06 liters per second and by increasing each centimeter of orifice dimensions, the discharge was increased by 2.82 liters per second. Also by calculating the percentage of flow rate increase, it was observed that by adding the orifice number, it increases by 18.7% and by increasing the size of the orifice by one centimeter, the flow rate increases by 28.1%.
E. Karamian, M. Navabian, M.h. Biglouei, M. Rabiei,
Volume 28, Issue 1 (5-2024)
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Cultivation of rapeseed as the second crop requires drainage systems in most of the paddy fields of the Guilan province. Mole drainage, as a low-cost and shallow drainage method that is suitable for rice cultivation conditions and easier to implement than pipe drainage, can be a solution in the development of second-crop cultivation. The present study was conducted to evaluate the drainage of mole drainage and nitrogen fertilizer management on the quantity and quality of drainage at Guilan University. In this regard, an experiment was conducted under two treatments including drainage and nitrogen fertilizer (i.e. traditional mole drainage and sand-filled mole drainage), and 180 and 240 kg of nitrogen fertilizer per hectare in three replications. After each rainfall during the plant growth period, water samples were taken from the drains, and parameters of electrical conductivity, pH, total suspended solids, total phosphorus, turbidity, concentrations of ammonium, chloride, nitrite, nitrate, and phosphate were measured. Also, the outflow from the drains and the water table level were measured by piezometers during the rain and after that. The results of the mean comparison of pH and total suspended solids showed that most of them were obtained with 7.49 and 281.25 mg/liter, respectively, in the mole drain filled with sand and the traditional mole drainage and 180 fertilizer treatment. The highest mean of electrical conductivity and turbidity was observed as 651 micro mohs/cm in the traditional mole drainage and 240 fertilizer treatment and with 67.76 NTU in the traditional mole drainage and 180 fertilizer treatment. The statistical analysis showed that the effect of drainage treatment on the amounts of ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, and total phosphorus was not significant. The outflow from the traditional mole drainage was 49% lower than the sand-filled mole drainage. The traditional and sand-filled mole drains were able to drain excess water with average reaction coefficients of 0.8 and 0.83 per day during the growth period, respectively. Considering the speed of water discharge, drain discharge, and the main non-significance of qualitative parameters among drainage treatments, mole drainage filled with sand is recommended for the development of rapeseed cultivation in paddy fields.
M. Neisi, M. Sajadi, M. Shafai Bejestan, J. Ahadiyan,
Volume 28, Issue 3 (10-2024)
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Side weirs are hydraulic structures employed in irrigation and drainage channels as diversion devices or head regulators. The increasing efficiency of the structure of side weirs for constant head has been one of the concerns of researchers in the last decade. The use of different forms of sharp crest, labyrinth, piano key, and increasing the length of the overflow by changing the geometry of the crest have been investigated. In this research, a new type of triangular-shaped side weir has been studied in the laboratory under different hydraulic conditions in sub-critical flow conditions. The results demonstrated that by inclining the crests of the triangular side weir, the amount of vortex created at the entrance of the opening was reduced. So the discharge coefficient and the flow volume over the side weir showed an increase of up to 27% and 48%, respectively, compared to the normal triangular and rectangular side weirs. Also, after analyzing the data, a non-linear equation was presented to estimate the discharge coefficient with the dimensionless parameters of the ratio of the upstream depth to the weir height (y1/p) and the upstream Froud number (Fr1) with an accuracy of ±15% and NRMSE=0.134.
R. Ghasemi Ghasemvand, M. Heidarnejad, A.r. Masjedi, A. Bordbar,
Volume 29, Issue 2 (7-2025)
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the impact of hydraulic loss on the performance of weirs should not be overlooked. In this study, a laboratory flume measuring 8 meters in length, 0.6 meters in width, and 0.6 meters in height was used to investigate the hydraulic loss of the weirs and their discharge coefficients. The weirs used in this research were of the labyrinth type, featuring both curved and linear designs. Dimensional analysis using the Buckingham method indicated that the discharge coefficient (Cd) relies on parameters such as the hydraulic head ratio (Ht/P), weir shape factor (Sf), hydraulic loss ratio (Hf/P), and Froude number (Fr). The results demonstrated that an increase in hydraulic head leads to a decrease in the discharge coefficient of the weirs. Furthermore, the intensity of flow blade interference over the weirs gradually increases the hydraulic loss with a rising hydraulic head. Hydraulic loss increases up to a certain level of hydraulic head before beginning to decline. Therefore, it can be stated that the hydraulic loss curve for weirs like ARCL exhibits a sinusoidal trend. At a hydraulic head ratio of 0.4, the ARCL weir experiences 227% more hydraulic loss compared to the APKW weir. At a hydraulic head ratio of 0.6, the RCL weir shows 200% more hydraulic loss than the PKW weir. The trend of hydraulic loss variation with increasing Froude numbers for ARCL and RCL weirs is also sinusoidal. The ARCL weir shows the highest hydraulic loss with increasing Froude number compared to the other weirs. All weirs modeled using FLOW-3D software showed values (Cd and Hf/P) that exceeded those from physical modeling, which is significant in terms of safety factors. Moreover, the error rate in numerical modeling varied based on different parameters and conditions, averaging between 10% and 30%. In some cases, labyrinth weirs exhibited higher error rates compared to piano key weirs.
