Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@JournalArticle {2994, title = {Effect of the ski jump bucket angle on the scour hole downstream of a converging stepped spillway}, journal = {International Journal of River Basin Management}, year = {2019}, month = {2019-02-01 00:00:00}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, abstract = {The present study is devoted to the analysis of scour downstream of a converging stepped spillway
}, keywords = {Energy dissipation, scour hole, ski jump bucket, stepped spillway}, issn = {1571-5124 (Print) 1814-2060 (Online)}, doi = {10.1080/15715124.2019.1586717}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/trbm20}, author = {S{\'a} Machado, L. and Lima, M. M. C. L. and Aleixo, R. and Carvalho, E.} }
equipped with a ski jump bucket. The energy dissipated by jets leaving the spillway can be divided
in two parts: one is the kinetic energy dissipated along the jet trajectory and another one is the
energy dissipated on the impact with the tailwater. Due to the jet impact, the riverbed is subjected
to turbulent pressure fluctuations resulting in the formation of a scour hole. Different experimental
conditions allowed to analyse the influence of different variables on the configuration of the loose
bed scour, namely: the tailwater depth, the flow rate and the exit angle of the ski jump bucket. The
results were compared to those presented by other authors. For some specific flow conditions, the
3D configuration of the scour hole was also determined.
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
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Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt