Coupled Systems Mechanics

Volume 10, Number 6, 2021, pages 491-507

DOI: 10.12989/csm.2021.10.6.491

Developing a new weir type using the smoothed particle hydrodynamic model

Haris Kalajdzisalihovic, Zoran Milasinovic and Alen Harapin

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to conduct a hydrodynamic analysis of fluid flow over different weir types using the analytical solution, the physical model taken from another article, and numerical simulations through the Smoothed particle hydrodynamic method (SPH) using the compiled DualSPHysics source code. The paper covers the field of real fluid dynamics that includes a description of different proposed types of weirs in various flow regimes and the optimal solution for the most efficiency structure shape. A detailed presentation of the method, the structure and it's characteristics are included. Apart from the single stepped weir, two other weir types are proposed: a Divided type and a Downstream slopped type. All of them are modeled using the SPH method.

Key Words

hydraulic structures; single stepped weir; smoothed particle hydrodynamics; weir

Address

Haris Kalajdzisalihovic, Zoran Milasinovic: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Patriotske lige 30, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Harapin: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, Split, Croatia