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Elementary discharge coefficient of a triangular–rectangular sharp-crested side weir in subcritical flow

Author(s): Ahmad Ahmadi; Amir Ahmad Dehghani; Mojtaba Ameri

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Keywords: Subcritical flow; Sharp-crested; Compound triangular–rectangular side weir; Elementary discharge coefficient

Abstract: Side weirs or lateral weirs are widely employed to divert flows from rivers, channels, sewers and reservoirs or to divide flows between components of water treatment systems. The side weir is a fixed structure installed at one side of a channel for water level control in water treatment plants and irrigation and drainage systems. Hydraulic characteristics of a compound sharp-crested triangular–rectangular side weir under subcritical flow were studied in this paper. The concept of the elementary discharge coefficient that is related to the head to weir height ratio was used to determine the flow through the side weir. The advantage of this method is to calculate the channel water surface profile along the weir. Generalized equations for an elementary discharge coefficient for compound triangular–rectangular side weirs were proposed. Experimental results show the accuracy of the proposed equations.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2015.1085871

Year: 2016

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