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  2. Graphic Era University
  3. Department of Civil Engineering
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Title: Experimental investigation of flow characteristics of various planform labyrinth weirs
Researcher: Gupta, Keerat Kumar
Guide(s): Sanjeev Kumar
University: Graphic Era University
Completed Date: 26-10-2015
Abstract: Weirsareacommonandusefulhydraulicstructureforawiderangeofapplications(egcanalspondsriversreservoirsandothers)TheyhavebeenwidelyusedforthepurposeofflowmeasurementGenerallytheyareusedasnormalweirswhichcausewatertopoolbehindthemwhileallowingwatertoflowsteadilyovertheirtopsposeproblemsofsubmergenceupstreamoftheweirduetolargeaffluxrequiredtopassthedischargedownstreamForpassingmoredischargewithlowheadtheweirsofvariousmodifiedplanformhavebeensuggestedinthepasttoenhancetheirdischargingcapacitywithminimumheadovertheweirsandtorestricttheaffluxAninnovativeandeffectivewayofincreasingthespillwaycapacityistousealabyrinthweirTheconceptofthelabyrinthweiristovarytheplanshapeofthecresttoincreasetheeffectivecrestlengthItisparticularlysuitedforusewherethespillwaywidthisrestrictedorwherethefloodsurchargespaceislimitedThelabyrinthisrelativelylowcostwhencomparedwithgatedspillwaysandthishasledtoitsuseinconjunctionwiththeraisingofdamsforincreasedstoragespaceAlabyrinthweirhasadvantagescomparedtothestraightoverflowweirandthestandardogeecrestLabyrinthweirscanbeusedtoincreaseoutletcapacityforagivenspillwaycrestelevationandlengthortoincreasestoragebyraisingthecrestwhilemaintainingspillwaycapacityThesestructuresofferseveraladvantageswhencomparedtolinearweirstructuresLabyrinthweirsprovideanincreaseincrestlengthforagivenchannelwidththerebyincreasingflowcapacityforagivenupstreamhead.Asaresultoftheincreasedflowcapacitytheseweirsrequirelessfreeboardintheupstreamreservoirthanlinearweirswhichfacilitatesfloodroutingandincreasesreservoirstoragecapacityunderbaseflowconditions(weirheightmaybeincreased)LabyrinthweirscanthereforebeusedtoaparticularadvantagewherethewidthofachannelisrestrictedandaweirisrequiredtopassarangeofdischargeswithalimitedvariationinupstreamwaterlevelButacollectivecomparativeanalysisofdifferentplanformlabyrinthweirsisscarceFurtheravailableinformationoneffectofvariousparametersonthedischargingcapacityoflabyrinthweirisalsoverylittle.Informationrelatedtotheequationanddesignchartisavailableonlyforaparticularplanformweirinvestigatedbyvario
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10603/72575
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