scholarly journals Shear Stress-Based Analysis of Sediment Incipient Deposition in Rigid Boundary Open Channels

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Necati Unal

Urban drainage and sewer systems, and channels in general, are treated by the deposition of sediment that comes from water collecting systems, such as roads, parking lots, land, cultivation areas, and so forth, which are all under gradual or sudden change. The carrying capacity of urban area channels is reduced heavily by sediment transport that might even totally block the channel. In order to solve the sedimentation problem, it is therefore important that the channel is designed by considering self-cleansing criteria. Incipient deposition is proposed as a conservative method for channel design and is the subject of this study. With this aim, an experimental study carried out in trapezoidal, rectangular, circular, U-shape, and V-bottom channels is presented. Four different sizes of sand were used as sediment in the experiments performed in a tilting flume under nine different longitudinal channel bed slopes. A shear stress approach is considered, with the Shields and Yalin methods used in the analysis. Using the experimental data, functionals are developed for both methods. It is seen that the bed shear stress changes with the shape of the channel cross-section. Incipient deposition in rectangular and V-bottom channels starts under the lowest and the highest shear stress, respectively, due mainly to the shape of the channel cross-section that affects the distribution of shear stress on the channel bed.

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 2535-2543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafzullah Aksoy ◽  
Mir Jafar Sadegh Safari ◽  
Necati Erdem Unal ◽  
Mirali Mohammadi

Abstract Drainage systems must be designed in a way to minimize undesired problems such as decrease in hydraulic capacity of the channel, blockage and transport of pollutants due to deposition of sediment. Channel design considering self-cleansing criteria are used to solve the sedimentation problem. Incipient deposition is one of the non-deposition self-cleansing design criteria that can be used as a conservative method for channel design. Experimental studies have been carried out in five different cross-section channels, namely trapezoidal, rectangular, circular, U-shape and V-bottom. Experiments were performed in a tilting flume using four different sizes of sands as sediment in nine different channel bed slopes. Two well-known methods, namely the Novak & Nalluri and Yang methods are considered for the analysis of sediment motion. Equations developed using experimental data are found to be in agreement with the literature. It is concluded that the design velocity depends on the shape of the channel cross-section. Rectangular and V-bottom channels need lower and higher incipient deposition velocities, respectively, in comparison with other channels.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliot Eaton ◽  
Jurgen Neuberg ◽  
Luke Marsden

<p>By modelling the magnitude and spatial distribution of surface displacement induced by different representations of magma conduits, more informed decisions can be made for the deployment of real-time monitoring devices, such as tiltmeters, and aid interpretations of stress changes within the subsurface. The existence of varying forms of magma conduit is widely known, despite this, the effect of laterally elongated conduits on magma flow processes and resulting surface deformation at volcanoes has not been systematically explored.</p><p>By varying the ellipticity of the volcanic conduit cross-section we assess the relative importance of laterally elongated conduits when considering flow processes and surface deformation. The scenario of magma ascent through a dyke that changes into a cylindrical conduit closer to the surface is also considered, herein referred to as a complex conduit. Both shear stress on the conduit walls due to viscous magma flow resistance and the pressurisation of conduits are used as source mechanisms.</p><p>When considering the pressurisation of different conduit geometries, the displacement field induced by an elongated conduit (where semi-axes a and b of the elliptical cross-section equal a=10b) is an order of magnitude larger than that of a cylindrical conduit. Moreover, for the case of the complex conduit, the displacement field is dominated by the dyke form of the deeper conduit, with little influence from the transition region between elongated and cylindrical conduit. When considering shear stress as a source mechanism, the displacement field induced is primarily vertical and radially symmetric even at the smallest spatial scales ($<1$ km), independent of ellipticity of conduit origin. The ellipticity of conduits with equal cross-sectional area has a significant control on the flow rate, and therefore, the magnitude of shear stress achieved under equal pressure gradients. The deformation resulting from shear stress on the conduit walls is also influenced by the depth of rheological changes within the magma and the inter-dependency with conduit geometry.</p>


Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenica Mirauda ◽  
Maria Grazia Russo

The evaluation of bed shear stress distribution is fundamental to predicting the transport of sediments and pollutants in rivers and to designing successful stable open channels. Such distribution cannot be determined easily as it depends on the velocity field, the shape of the cross section, and the bed roughness conditions. In recent years, information theory has been proven to be reliable for estimating shear stress along the wetted perimeter of open channels. The entropy models require the knowledge of the shear stress maximum and mean values to calculate the Lagrange multipliers, which are necessary to the resolution of the shear stress probability distribution function. This paper proposes a new formulation which stems from the maximization of the Tsallis entropy and simplifies the calculation of the Lagrange coefficients in order to estimate the bed shear stress distribution in open-channel flows. This formulation introduces a relationship between the dimensionless mean shear stress and the entropic parameter which is based on the ratio between the observed mean and maximum velocity of an open-channel cross section. The validity of the derived expression was tested on a large set of literature laboratory measurements in rectangular cross sections having different bed and sidewall roughness conditions as well as various water discharges and flow depths. A detailed error analysis showed good agreement with the experimental data, which allowed linking the small-scale dynamic processes to the large-scale kinematic ones.


1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kordyban

The interfacial shear stress for air flowing over a wavy water surface was determined experimentally in a closed horizontal channel by measuring the pressure drop and the structure of the water surface. The wall shear stress was measured with the aid of a Preston gauge. The range of tests included the conditions where the waves were large in comparison to the channel cross section. The equivalent sand roughness determined from the resistance formula for rough walls in fully turbulent flow was found to be related to the rms wave height through ks = 32Δh.


Author(s):  
N. Merk ◽  
A. P. Tomsia ◽  
G. Thomas

A recent development of new ceramic materials for structural applications involves the joining of ceramic compounds to metals. Due to the wetting problem, an interlayer material (brazing alloy) is generally used to achieve the bonding. The nature of the interfaces between such dissimilar materials is the subject of intensive studies and is of utmost importance to obtain a controlled microstructure at the discontinuities to satisfy the demanding properties for engineering applications . The brazing alloy is generally ductile and hence, does not readily fracture. It must also wett the ceramic with similar thermal expansion coefficient to avoid large stresses at joints. In the present work we study mullite-molybdenum composites using a brazing alloy for the weldment.A scanning electron micrograph from the cross section of the joining sequence studied here is presented in Fig. 1.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5597
Author(s):  
Hussein A. Z. AL-bonsrulah ◽  
Mohammed J. Alshukri ◽  
Ammar I. Alsabery ◽  
Ishak Hashim

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM-FC) aggregation pressure causes extensive strains in cell segments. The compression of each segment takes place through the cell modeling method. In addition, a very heterogeneous compressive load is produced because of the recurrent channel rib design of the dipole plates, so that while high strains are provided below the rib, the domain continues in its initial uncompressed case under the ducts approximate to it. This leads to significant spatial variations in thermal and electrical connections and contact resistances (both in rib–GDL and membrane–GDL interfaces). Variations in heat, charge, and mass transfer rates within the GDL can affect the performance of the fuel cell (FC) and its lifetime. In this paper, two scenarios are considered to verify the performance and lifetime of the PEM-FC using different innovative channel geometries. The first scenario is conducted by adopting a constant channel height (H = 1 mm) for all the differently shaped channels studied. In contrast, the second scenario is conducted by taking a constant channel cross-sectional area (A = 1 mm2) for all the studied channels. Therefore, a computational fluid dynamics model (CFD) for a PEM fuel cell is formed through the assembly of FC to simulate the pressure variations inside it. The simulation results showed that a triangular cross-section channel provided the uniformity of the pressure distribution, with lower deformations and lower mechanical stresses. The analysis helped gain insights into the physical mechanisms that lead to the FC’s durability and identify important parameters under different conditions. The model shows that it can assume the intracellular pressure configuration toward durability and appearance containing limited experimental data. The results also proved that the better cell voltage occurs in the case of the rectangular channel cross-section, and therefore, higher power from the FC, although its durability is much lower compared to the durability of the triangular channel. The results also showed that the rectangular channel cross-section gave higher cell voltages, and therefore, higher power (0.63 W) from the fuel cell, although its durability is much lower compared to the durability of the triangular channel. Therefore, the triangular channel gives better performance compared to other innovative channels.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Teng Huang ◽  
Dongdong Zhang ◽  
Yaxin Huang ◽  
Chengfei Fan ◽  
Yuan Lin ◽  
...  

Abstract In this study, the flexural bearing capacity and failure mechanism of carbon fiber-reinforced aluminum laminate (CARALL) beams with a double-channel cross-section and a 3/2 laminated configuration were experimentally and numerically studied. Two types of specimens using different carbon fiber layup configurations ([0°/90°/0°]3 and [45°/0°/−45°]3) were fabricated using the pressure molding thermal curing forming process. The double-channel CARALL beams were subjected to static three-point bending tests to determine their failure behaviors in terms of ultimate bearing capacity and failure modes. Owing to the shortcomings of the two-dimensional Hashin failure criterion, the user-defined FORTRAN subroutine VUMAT suitable for the ABAQUS/Explicit solver and an analysis algorithm were established to obtain a progressive damage prediction of the CFRP layer using the three-dimensional Hashin failure criterion. Various failure behaviors and mechanisms of the CARALL beams were numerically analyzed. The results indicated that the numerical simulation was consistent with the experimental results for the ultimate bearing capacity and final failure modes, and the failure process of the double-channel CARALL beams could be revealed. The ultimate failure modes of both types of double-channel CARALL beams were local buckling deformation at the intersection of the upper flange and web near the concentrated loading position, which was mainly caused by the delamination failure among different unidirectional plates, tension and compression failure of the matrix, and shear failure of the fiber layers. The ability of each fiber layer to resist damage decreased in the order of 90° fiber layer > 0° fiber layer > 45° fiber layer. Thus, it is suggested that 90°, 0°, and 45° fiber layers should be stacked for double-channel CARALL beams.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Joon Seng Goh ◽  
Yeong Shiong Chiew ◽  
Ji Jinn Foo

AbstractA net immersed in fractal-induced turbulence exhibit a transient time-varying deformation. The anisotropic, inhomogeneous square fractal grid (SFG) generated flow interacts with the flexible net to manifest as visible cross-sectional undulations. We hypothesize that the net’s response may provide a surrogate in expressing local turbulent strength. This is analysed as root-mean-squared velocity fluctuations in the net, displaying intensity patterns dependent on the grid conformation and grid-net separation. The net’s fluctuation strength is found to increase closer to the turbulator with higher thickness ratio while presenting stronger fluctuations compared to regular-square-grid (RSG) of equivalent blockage-ratio, σ. Our findings demonstrate a novel application where 3D-reconstruction of submerged nets is used to experimentally contrast the turbulence generated by RSG and multilength scale SFGs across the channel cross-section. The net’s response shows the unique turbulence developed from SFGs can induce 9 × higher average excitation to a net when compared against RSG of similar σ.


2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
N. Resnick ◽  
L. Chen-Kinak ◽  
A. Shay-Salit ◽  
M. Shushy ◽  
H. Yahav ◽  
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