SIMULATING WATER FLOW AND SALT LEACHING UNDER SEQUENTIAL FLOODING BETWEEN SUBSURFACE DRAINS

The amphibian urinary bladder has been used as a ‘model’ system for studies of the mechanism of action of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in stimulating transepithelial water flow. The increase in water permeability is accompanied by morphological changes that include the stimulation of apical microvilli, mobilization of microtubules and microfilaments and vesicular membrane fusion events . It has been shown that alterations in the cytosolic calcium concentrations can inhibit ADH transmembrane water flow and induce alterations in the epithelial cell cytomorphology, including the cytoskeletal system . Recently, the subapical granules of the granular cell in the amphibian urinary bladder have been shown to contain high concentrations of calcium, and it was suggested that these cytoplasmic constituents may act as calcium storage sites for intracellular calcium homeostasis. The present study utilizes the calcium antagonist, verapamil, to examine the effect of calcium deprivation on the cytomorphological features of epithelial cells from amphibian urinary bladder, with particular emphasis on subapical granule and microfilament distribution.

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CFD study of isothermal water flow in rod bundle with split-type spacer grid

SNA + MC 2013 - Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications + Monte Carlo ◽

10.1051/snamc/201401201 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

A. Batta ◽

A. G. Class

Keyword(s):

Water Flow ◽

Spacer Grid ◽

Rod Bundle ◽

Isothermal Water

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Water Flow Modelling of the Venice Lagoon

Coastal Engineering 1992 ◽

10.1061/9780872629332.143 ◽

1993 ◽

Author(s):

Enrico Marchi ◽

Attilio Adami ◽

Alfredo Caielli ◽

Giovanni Cecconi

Keyword(s):

Water Flow ◽

Venice Lagoon ◽

Flow Modelling

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Investigation of the influence of the flow structure on the accuracy of flow measurement before a hydrometric structure in an open channel

Melioration and Water Management ◽

10.32962/0235-2524-2019-5-41-44 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 41-44

Author(s):

Anatoly Kusher

Keyword(s):

Velocity Profile ◽

Flow Velocity ◽

Water Flow ◽

Flow Measurement ◽

Water Discharge ◽

Critical Depth ◽

Flow Measurements ◽

Study Results ◽

Flow Velocity Profile ◽

Upstream Flow

The reliability of water flow measurement in irrigational canals depends on the measurement method and design features of the flow-measuring structure and the upstream flow velocity profile. The flow velocity profile is a function of the channel geometry and wall roughness. The article presents the study results of the influence of the upstream flow velocity profile on the discharge measurement accuracy. For this, the physical and numerical modeling of two structures was carried out: a critical depth flume and a hydrometric overfall in a rectangular channel. According to the data of numerical simulation of the critical depth flume with a uniform and parabolic (1/7) velocity profile in the upstream channel, the values of water discharge differ very little from the experimental values in the laboratory model with a similar geometry (δ < 2 %). In contrast to the critical depth flume, a change in the velocity profile only due to an increase in the height of the bottom roughness by 3 mm causes a decrease of the overfall discharge coefficient by 4…5 %. According to the results of the numerical and physical modeling, it was found that an increase of backwater by hydrometric structure reduces the influence of the upstream flow velocity profile and increases the reliability of water flow measurements.

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Intensification of Open Gutters Operation

Promyshlennoe i Grazhdanskoe Stroitel stvo ◽

10.33622/0869-7019.2020.01.66-70 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 66-70

Keyword(s):

Water Flow ◽

Vortex Formation ◽

Hydraulic Testing ◽

Polymer Materials ◽

Bottom Surface ◽

Artificial Roughness ◽

Transport Capacity ◽

Corrugated Surfaces ◽

Inner Surface ◽

Dispersed Inclusions

The intensification of the work of open gutter by applying textured shells to their bottom surface, forming an artificial roughness, is considered. It is shown that the presence of corrugated surfaces contributes to vortex formation during water flow and improves the separation and transportation of mineral impurities previously dropped into the bottom of the gutters. The implementation of operations to improve the structure of the gutters is possible during the repair and restoration works with the use of modern polymer materials. The design of a small-sized hydraulic stand, which makes it possible to study the transport capacity of flows containing solid inclusions, is presented. The method of research is hydraulic testing, accompanied by the use of chiaroscuro effect, as well as photo and film equipment. The optimal structure of the inner surface of the gutters and pipes providing vortex formation, which will improve the ability of the flow to carry out and transport foreign dispersed inclusions (sand) of different granulometric compositions, is determined.

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Analytical solution for estimating the influence of a pre-existing ground water flow on a geothermal heat production-injection well system

International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering ◽

10.1556/irase.2.2011.1.2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 13-17

Author(s):

I. David ◽

M. Visescu

Keyword(s):

Ground Water ◽

Water Flow ◽

Geothermal Energy ◽

Flow Direction ◽

Energy Resource ◽

Hot Water ◽

Injection Well ◽

Production Well ◽

Ground Water Flow ◽

The Earth

Abstract Geothermal energy source is the heat from the Earth, which ranges from the shallow ground (the upper 100 m of the Earth) to the hot water and hot rock which is a few thousand meters beneath the Earth's surface. In both cases the so-called open systems for geothermal energy resource exploitation consist of a groundwater production well to supply heat energy and an injection well to return the cooled water, from the heat pump after the thermal energy transfer, in the underground. In the paper an analytical method for a rapid estimation of the ground water flow direction effect on the coupled production well and injection well system will be proposed. The method will be illustrated with solutions and images for representative flow directions respect to the axis of the production/injection well system.

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