Abstract

The paper explores flow characteristics in the case of free flow of clean water over a partially contracted thin-plate weir with a triangular notch of angle 20.23° and with zero weir height above the bottom of the approach channel of rectangular cross-section at 5 approach channel widths and 7 heads. The description was based on the results from experimental research and numerical simulations. The numerical simulations allowed the description of the characteristics in parts of the flow where measurements were difficult to perform. The experimental research quantifies the validity of the numerical simulations and establish recommendations for construction of numerical models. The boundary between a partially contracted weir and a fully contracted weir was established by dimensionless approach channel width of the value 0.32, the flow characteristics (water surface, velocity) in the full range of the partially contracted weir (dimensionless approach channel width in range 0.32 ≤ BU* ≤ 1.00), and recommendations for the placement of a cross-section to measure water surface level for determine the heads (dimensionless distance −4 ≤ x* ≤ −2) were verified.

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Title
Free flow over a partially contracted thin-plate weir with a triangular notch of angle 20.23° and zero weir height
Author
Šimon Pospíšilík 1 ; Kotaška, Stanislav 1 ; Duchan, David 1 ; Zachoval, Zbyněk 1 ; Orfánus, Martin 2 ; Šoltész, Andrej 2 ; Gruchot, Andrzej Tadeusz 3 ; Zydroń, Tymoteusz 3 

 Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Water Structures, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic 
 Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Radlinského 11, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic 
 University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Geotechnics, Adama Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland 
Pages
132-142
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
0042790X
e-ISSN
13384333
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3222959635
Copyright
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