Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper reported on the free-surface wave behavior in a rectangular open-channel, induced by sluice-gate maneuvers. Numerical computations used the McCormack scheme to solve the one-dimensional extended St-Venant model embedding the Prandtl power-law momentum correction coefficient. The fundamental pulsation of the hydraulic system was inspected using the analogy with the water-hammer theory, known in pressurized-pipe flows. Different flow scenarios were reported; including the superposition between (i) downstream water-hammer maneuver and sine excitation of upstream flow depth and (ii) sinusoidal fluctuations of upstream lateral inflow and downstream flow-depth. Results highlighted that such sluice-gates maneuvers involved severe scenarios leading to significant amplifications of the depth peak and crest values above the initial value.
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