Experimental Investigation of Horseshoe-Shaped Spillway Hydraulics and Effect of Spillway Length on Discharge Coefficient

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One of the non-linear weirs is horseshoe-shaped weir that determination of its hydraulic
parameters for designing of that is necessary. Sometime due to limitation in dam site and also
reduction in soil excavation volume, tunnel and intake location of hydro-electric power this structure
is needed to be constructed near the dam and its intake. In these cases, a combined structure of both
the intake and spillway can be constructed by using horseshoe-shaped weir to achieve a proper
economic condition in dam construction. In this study, by making physical models of the horseshoeshaped
spillway in laboratory dimension, some hydraulic parameters like discharge coefficient,
velocity and water surface profiles in different parts of the horseshoe-shaped spillway were
investigated. Results showed that in horseshoe-shaped spillways, with increasing the ratio of head to
spillway length, discharge coefficient was decreased about 0.6 to 0.7. This reduction in discharge
coefficient had different trends for spillways with length of greater or less than 112cm. Comparison
of the results between the rectangular weir and the horseshoe-shaped spillway by consideration an
equal width for them showed that horseshoe-shaped spillway could reduce head above the weir about
54%. Investigation of the water surface profiles showed that overflowing of waters into the horseshoe
spillway, created the rooster tail type hydraulic jump.

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Water and Soil Science
Volume 26, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
December 2016
Pages 145-159

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