scholarly journals Recommendations for parameters calculation of pressureless channels with arbitrary cross section for rainwater disposal

Author(s):  
Andriy Kravchuk ◽  
Oleksandr Kravchuk

Based on the analysis of geometric and hydraulic characteristics of pressureless water channels cross sections, recommendations for parameters calculation of these systems with an arbitrary shape of their cross section were elaborated in this article. Elements of hydraulic modeling and analogy were used in the preparation of the presented material. The considered pressureless channels are widely used in rainwater disposal systems designing and can also be used in the designing of other special water disposal networks. Well-known theoretical and empirical hydraulic dependences, relevant reference data, in particular, discharge and velocity characteristics, local resistance coefficients were used in this article. Necessary information on selection of water disposal wells is given. The proposed method of calculation the parameters of water disposal channels can be used in different fluid flow modes: both pressureless and pressure, steady and unsteady. It is recommended for use in the water disposal networks designing, regardless of the pipelines material.

Author(s):  
Xiaokang Xin ◽  
Fengpeng Bai ◽  
Kefeng Li

A numerical model based on the Saint-Venant equations (one-dimensional shallow water equations) is proposed to simulate shallow flows in an open channel with regular and irregular cross-section shapes. The Saint-Venant equations are solved by the finite-volume method based on Godunov-type framework with a modified Harten, Lax, and van Leer (HLL) approximate Riemann solver. Cross-sectional area is replaced by water surface level as one of primitive variables. Two numerical integral algorithms, compound trapezoidal and Gauss–Legendre integrations, are used to compute the hydrostatic pressure thrust term for natural streams with arbitrary and irregular cross-sections. The Monotonic Upstream-Centered Scheme for Conservation Laws (MUSCL) and second-order Runge–Kutta methods is adopted to achieve second-order accuracy in space and time, respectively. The performance of the resulting scheme is evaluated by application in rectangular channels, trapezoidal channels, and a natural mountain river. The results are compared with analytical solutions and experimental or measured data. It is demonstrated that the numerical scheme can simulate shallow flows with arbitrary cross-section shapes in practical conditions.


Author(s):  
Ehsan Sadeghi ◽  
Majid Bahrami ◽  
Ned Djilali

In many practical instances such as basic design, parametric study, and optimization analysis of thermal systems, it is often very convenient to have closed form relations to obtain the trends and a reasonable estimate of the Nusselt number. However, finding exact solutions for many practical singly-connected cross-sections, such as trapezoidal microchannels, is complex. In the present study, the square root of cross-sectional area is proposed as the characteristic length scale for Nusselt number. Using analytical solutions of rectangular, elliptical, and triangular ducts, a compact model for estimation of Nusselt number of fully-developed, laminar flow in microchannels of arbitrary cross-sections with “H1” boundary condition (constant axial wall heat flux with constant peripheral wall temperature) is developed. The proposed model is only a function of geometrical parameters of the cross-section, i.e., area, perimeter, and polar moment of inertia. The present model is verified against analytical and numerical solutions for a wide variety of cross-sections with a maximum difference on the order of 9%.


A very general analysis is given of the phenomenon of shear lag in thin-walled cylindrical tubes, with single-cell cross sections of arbitrary shape, containing any number of concentrated longitudinal booms that carry direct stress only, and subjected to any longitudinal distribution of bending moment and torque. Two equations relating the distributions of direct and shearing stresses on the cross section are derived for the most general case where the tube is non-uniform because of an arbitrary longitudinal variation of wall thicknesses and boom areas. These equa­tions, which are remarkably simple in view of their generality, incor­porate all the requirements of equilibrium and compatibility and provide corrections to the stresses, curvature and twist calculated from the engineers’ theory of bending and torsion. They also govern the distri­bution of stresses arising from the application of self-equilibrating systems of tractions to the end cross sections. Exact solutions are ob­tained for the case of a uniform, but otherwise arbitrary, cross section under any polynomial distribution of bending moment and torque, and it is shown how conditions at the end cross sections can be satisfied with the aid of solutions of a simple eigenvalue problem. The equations are in a particularly ideal form for incorporating into a general purpose com­puter program for the automatic numerical solution of any problem of this type.


Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama ◽  
Alessandro Errico ◽  
Simona Francalanci ◽  
Luca Solari ◽  
Federico Preti ◽  
...  

This study presents a methodology for improving the efficiency of Baptist and Stone and Shen models in predicting the global water flow resistance of a reclamation channel partly vegetated by rigid and emergent riparian plants. The results of the two resistance models are compared with the measurements collected during an experimental campaign conducted in a reclamation channel colonized by Common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.). Experimental vegetative Chézy’s flow resistance coefficients have been retrieved from the analysis of instantaneous flow velocity measurements, acquired by means of a downlooking 3-component acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) located at the channel upstream cross section, and by water level measurements obtained through four piezometers distributed along the reclamation channel. The main morphometrical vegetation features (i.e., stem diameters and heights, and bed surface density) have been measured at six cross sections of the vegetated reclamation channel. Following the theoretical assumptions of the divided channel method (DCM), three sub-sections have been delineated in the reference cross section to represent the impact of the partial vegetation cover on the cross sectional variability of the flow field, as observed with the ADV measurements. The global vegetative Chézy’s flow resistance coefficients have been then computed by combining each resistance model with four different composite cross section methods, respectively suggested by Colebatch, Horton, Pavlovskii, and Yen. The comparative analysis between the modeled and the experimental vegetative Chézy’s coefficients has been performed by computing the relative prediction error (εr, expressed in %) under two flow rate regimes. Stone and Shen model combined with the Horton composite cross section method provides vegetative Chézy’s coefficients with the lowest εr.


1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. P. Huang ◽  
H. S. Yu

A general analytical method has been developed to approximate the pressure distribution along a porous duct of an arbitrary cross section with uniform fluid extraction or addition through the wall. Application of this method is made to a variety of cross sections including circular tubes, parallel plate channels, elliptical ducts, rectangular ducts, annular ducts, and isosceles triangular ducts. Comparisons have been made with results from existing literature on cases of the circular porous tube and the parallel porous plate channel in which exact solutions are available. A numerical solution for the case of a parallel channel consisting of an impermeable wall on one side and a porous wall on the other side is also presented. One important filter duct design criterion has been found for each of the above cases. At a critical wall Reynolds number, defined by flow velocity normal to the wall and the equivalent diameter of the duct, the pressure gradient along the filter duct approaches zero. The zero pressure gradient in a filter duct ensures uniform filtration of solid particles.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Bachir ACHOUR

A new method is applied to calculate the normal depth in an open channel of parabolic cross section. This is the rough model method whose main particularity is to ignore the flow resistance coefficients, such as Chezy’s coefficient and manning’s roughness coefficient. The method is applied to a referential rough model, whose friction coefficient is constant, which explicitly express the hydraulic and geometric characteristics of the model such as aspect ratio. By means of a non-dimensional correction factor, the normal depth is explicitly deduced. The rough model method is applicable to the entire domain of turbulent flow.


1995 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 718-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Liew ◽  
K. C. Hung ◽  
M. K. Lim

A three-dimensional elasticity solution to the vibrations of stress-free hollow cylinders of arbitrary cross section is presented. The natural frequencies and deformed mode shapes of these cylinders are obtained via a three-dimensional displacement-based energy formulation. The technique is applied specifically to the parametric investigation of hollow cylinders of different cross sections and sizes. It is found that the cross-sectional property of the cylinder has significant effects on the normal mode responses, particularly, on the transverse bending modes. By varying the length-to-width ratio of these elastic cylinders, interesting results demonstrating the dependence of frequencies on the length of the cylinder have been concluded.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Qiongfang Zhang ◽  
Kang Cheng ◽  
Yadong Lou ◽  
Tangdai Xia ◽  
Panpan Guo ◽  
...  

Based on complex variable theory and conformal mapping method, the paper presents full plane elastic solutions around an unlined tunnel with arbitrary cross section in anisotropic soil. The solutions describe soil elastic solutions for assuming that the displacement vectors along the tunnel boundary are directed towards the center of the tunnel. Tunnels with different cross sections are used to illustrate the method and its correctness. An elliptical unlined tunnel case is discussed in detail in the paper. Using the image method, an approximate solution for predicting surface displacement and subsurface horizontal displacement around an unlined tunnel in anisotropic soil can be obtained. The results show anisotropic stiffness properties n n = E h / E v and m m = G v h / E v have a great effect on the displacement distribution patterns around an elliptical tunnel with certain shape.


2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (29) ◽  
pp. 4009-4022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Hajrasouliha ◽  
Reza Jafari Nedoushan ◽  
Mohammad Sheikhzadeh ◽  
Wonjin Na ◽  
Woong-Ryeol Yu

Braid angle is a key factor associated with the mechanical properties of braided composites, so accurate prediction of this angle is of vital importance for the design and manufacture of braided preforms. This paper presents a theoretical model for the prediction of braid angle at any point of a mandrel with constant arbitrary cross-section by taking into account the kinematic parameters of circular braiding machine. The proposed theoretical model pays particular attention to two parameters that strongly affect the braid angle, namely the position of fell point on the mandrel’s surface and the yarn length between this point and the carrier. Both of these parameters undergo continuous change during braiding and thus should be calculated on a point-to-point basis. The model was validated by a series of braiding experiments conducted, using a circular braiding machine, on mandrels with circular, elliptical, and oval cross-sections and then determining the resulting braid angles over the mandrel’s surface by an image processing method. The experimental results showed the high accuracy of the proposed theoretical model in predicting the braid angle for mandrels with constant arbitrary cross-section. Thus, the proposed model can contribute to faster and more accurate design and manufacture of braided composite preforms.


Author(s):  
M. Akbari ◽  
M. Bahrami ◽  
D. Sinton

This paper outlines a novel approximate solution for determining the pressure drop of laminar, single-phase flow in slowly-varying microchannels of arbitrary cross-section. The proposed analysis is general and applicable to symmetric and asymmetric microchannel cross-sections, as examples compact relationships are reported for elliptical and rectangular shapes for three common wall profiles of linear, sinusoidal and hyperbolic. An experimental setup is designed and pressure drop measurements are conducted to validate the proposed model for streamwised periodic microchannels with rectangular cross-section and linear wall with a range of channel geometrical parameters such as aspect ratio and channel slope. The model is also compared against the numerical and experimental data of hyperbolic contraction with rectangular cross-section collected by others. It is observed that although the proposed model is based on the solution of the elliptical cross-section, it can accurately predict the pressure drop in microchannels of rectangular cross-section.


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