Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Main Canal Cross-Section Shape on Flow Dynamic at the Rivers’ Junction

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

2 Department of water engineering, Faculty of Agriculture , Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Abstract

Studying and recognizing the flow dynamics at the junction and downstream of the junction is essential in designing the stable geometry of prismatic canals and providing a suitable protection solution for river systems. According to field data, the existence of different junction angles and bed discordance between the main and tributary canals is one of the most common physical characteristics of the most natural junction. The present research aims to numerically investigate the effect of main canal cross-section shapes (rectangular and trapezoidal) and junction angles (45° and 90°) on flow dynamics at river junctions of the concordance and discordance bed level. The results showed at the concordance bed level and junction with a  angle, in both cross-section shapes, the flow separation zone is formed near the bed, with the difference that in a trapezoidal section, its dimension was bigger than the rectangular section. At the  angle of the concordance bed level, this zone did not appear in any sections; but for unequal bed level junction, the separation zone was formed only on the water surface and for the trapezoidal section. In addition, the flow separation zone was not formed at the  discordance junction near the bed, but at the water surface its dimension in trapezoidal shape was more than the rectangular. Besides, the backwater at the upstream of the junction in main canal decreased in trapezoidal shape and in  junction angle.

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Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research
Volume 52, Issue 6 - Serial Number 66
August 2021
Pages 1477-1490

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