Experimental Study on The Arrangement Effect of Cylindrical Obstacles on Saline Density Current body

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Abstract

   Density currents occur when fluid of one
density propagates into a fluid of different density.  These currents are the main caude for
sediment transport in dam reservoirs and estuaries. The
negative effects of density currents can be minimized using obstacles. The
obstacles can totally or partially block density currents and thus
sedimentation will occur far from the dams.
In this paper, the effect of cylindrical obstacles and their arrangement on
density current body is experimentally studied. Obstacles with constant
diameter and height were glued on the bed in staggered form. The staggered form
were constant during all the experiments, but transverse longitudinal distances
between obstacles were variable. It caused two beds with different arrangement
of obstacles. The results indicated that rate of mixing in bed with obstacles
is greater than bed without obstacles. So velocity and height of head
in bed with obstacles decrease about 40 present

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Irrigation Sciences and Engineering
Volume 38, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
February 2016
Pages 33-45

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  • Receive Date: 07 March 2013
  • Revise Date: 08 February 2016
  • Accept Date: 16 June 2014
  • Publish Date: 21 January 2016

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