Experimental evidence dynamic pressures reduction on plunge pool floors downstream flip bucket for increasing downstream face slopes

Abstract

Abstract In this research, the ejecting jet from a flip bucket downstream of a chute spillway was simulated using physical modeling. The effects of influencing parameters upon fluctuations and extreme values of dynamic pressure were investigated. The angles of 0°, 30°, 45°, and 60° were adopted for the mobile bottom wall. The discharges were set as 67, 86, 161, and 184 litre/s and the depths of water cushion on the mobile bottom wall were set as 0, 15, 30, and 45 cm. The method suggested by Castillo for computation of fluctuating coefficient of dynamic pressure (see Castillo (2007) Pressure characterization of undeveloped and developed jets in shallow and deep pool. Proceedings of the Congress-International Association for Hydraulic Research32 (2), 645) was validated via the laboratory data. The results showed that the increase in water cushion depth downstream has led to a decrease in mean pressure and in pressure fluctuations. The analyses showed that the fluctuating pressure coefficient was a function of water cushion depth, and its maximum value was taken when there was a water cushion on the mobile bottom wall. With an increase in discharge and mobile bottom wall angle, the maximum value of the fluctuating coefficient occurred in less water cushion depth. Moreover, with the growth of discharge, the maximum positive and negative fluctuations of the pressure increased first and then decreased.