Physical modelling of energy losses at surcharged three-way junction manholes in drainage system

Li, Q., Xia, J., Zhou, M., Deng, S., Zhang, H. and Xie, Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5180-8427 2022. Physical modelling of energy losses at surcharged three-way junction manholes in drainage system. Water Science and Technology 85 (4) , pp. 1011-1026. 10.2166/wst.2021.639

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Abstract

Motivated by the observation that vortex flow structure was evident in the energy loss at the surcharged junction manhole due to changes of hydraulic and geometrical parameters, a physical model was used to calculate energy loss coefficients and investigate the relationship between flow structure and energy loss at the surcharged three-way junction manhole. The effects of the flow discharge ratio, the connected angle between two inflow pipes, the manhole geometry, and the downstream water depth on the energy loss were analyzed based on the quantified energy loss coefficients and the identified flow structure. Moreover, two empirical formulae for head loss coefficients were validated by the experimental data. Results indicate that the effect of flow discharge ratio and connected angle are significant, while the effect of downstream water depth is not obvious. With the increase of the lateral inflow discharge, the flow velocity distribution and vortex structure are both enhanced. It is also found that a circular manhole can reduce local energy loss when compared to a square manhole. In addition, the tested empirical formulae can reproduce the trend of total head loss coefficient.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA) Engineering
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Publisher:	IWA Publishing
ISSN:	0273-1223
Funders:	Royal Society
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 January 2022
Date of Acceptance:	15 December 2021
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2024 13:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/146319

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