Abstract
A numerical method is applied here to simulate the unstable flow and the vibration of a plane gate. A combination of the large eddy simulation (LES) method and the volume of fluid (VOF) model is used to predict the three-dimensional flow field in the vicinity of a plane gate with submerged discharge. The water surface profile, the streamline diagrams, the distribution of turbulent kinetic energy, the power spectrum density curve of the fluctuating pressure coefficient at typical points underneath the gate, and the complete vortex distribution around the gate are obtained by LES-VOF numerical calculation. The vibration parameters of the gate are calculated by the fluid-structure coupling interface transferring the hydrodynamic load. A simultaneous sampling experiment is performed to verify the validity of the algorithm. The calculated results are then compared with experimental data. The difference between the two is acceptable and the conclusions are consistent. In addition, the influence of the vortex in the slot on the flow field and the vibration of the gate are investigated. It is feasible to replace the experiment with the fluid-structure coupling computational method, which is useful for studying the flow-induced vibration mechanism of plane gates.
Highlights
With the wide application of a high head gate in hydraulic engineering, the vibration problem of the plane gate is increasingly prominent
When compared with the experimental values, the relative difference of both the standard deviation pressure and the maximum pressure of the calculation is within 10%, which verifies the validity of the numerical simulation methods that were adopted in the present work
The fluid-structure coupling computational method used in certain conditions can replace the complex experiment and make up for the lack of experiment
Summary
With the wide application of a high head gate in hydraulic engineering, the vibration problem of the plane gate is increasingly prominent. It is especially important to analyze the vibration of the gate combining the vertical and the streamwise vibration These researches mainly focus on investigating the vibration mechanism that resulted from the vortex at the bottom edge of the gate. In the case of the submerged sluice flow, the random movement of multiple vortices behind the gate, in the gate slot and at the gate’s bottom edge will aggravate the pulsation of velocity and the pressure. Based on the theory of fluid-structure interaction, the present investigation studies the characteristics of the flow-induced vibration of the hydraulic plane gate with a submerged discharge. The three-dimensional numerical simulation method with a large eddy simulation turbulence model can obtain a complete flow structure, including a funnel vortex in the slot. The fluid-structure coupling method is validated by the experimental evidence
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