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6-29-2016 1:30 PM
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Zhang, G., Chanson, H. (2016). Free-Surface Aeration in a Steep Stepped Spillway. In B. Crookston & B. Tullis (Eds.), Hydraulic Structures and Water System Management. 6th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, Portland, OR, 27-30 June (pp. 30-39). doi:10.15142/T3670628160853 (ISBN 978-1-884575-75-4).
Abstract
Self-aeration has important civil and environmental applications in stepped chutes, ranging from cavitation protection to enhanced air-water mass transfer. Air bubble entrainment occurs when the turbulent stresses in the boundary layer exceed the combined effects of surface tension and buoyancy. The governing equations for air diffusion in the rapidly-varied region next to, and in the gradually-varied region away from the inception point of aeration are introduced. New and existing solutions to these equations are discussed and compared with new experimental data. An analytical model for flow bulking is introduced. The concept of negative diffusivity is discussed.
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Free-Surface Aeration in a Steep Stepped Spillway
Portland, OR
Self-aeration has important civil and environmental applications in stepped chutes, ranging from cavitation protection to enhanced air-water mass transfer. Air bubble entrainment occurs when the turbulent stresses in the boundary layer exceed the combined effects of surface tension and buoyancy. The governing equations for air diffusion in the rapidly-varied region next to, and in the gradually-varied region away from the inception point of aeration are introduced. New and existing solutions to these equations are discussed and compared with new experimental data. An analytical model for flow bulking is introduced. The concept of negative diffusivity is discussed.