numerical simulation

Weirs are essential components in water engineering projects, effectively managing surface flows. Among these structures, circular-crested weirs are particularly popular due to their simple design and high flow capacity. This study primarily focuses on investigating the hydraulic characteristics of flow in a culvert-weir system with a circular crest and analyzing the effects of critical parameters such as crest radius and gate opening on the discharge coefficient. For this purpose, velocity profiles, water surface levels, and other flow parameters were analyzed as the main variables. Various models of the culvert-weir system with circular crests were designed and meshed using Gambit software, then imported to Fluent software for detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The discharge coefficients of the weir crest, gate, and the entire structure were calculated and compared under different water load conditions and independent parameters. The results indicate that the discharge coefficient of the weir crest is higher when a gate is present compared to a gate-free condition. Furthermore, the discharge coefficient increases as the crest radius decreases and the gate opening expands. Additionally, the comparison between numerical simulation results and reliable experimental data shows a high level of accuracy and satisfactory agreement, validating the numerical modeling approach. This study provides precise data and practical analyses to improve the design and performance of combined hydraulic structures.

Water scarcity is one of the main challenges and constraints in the development of the country. On the other hand, wastewater treatment methods were initially developed as a response to concern about public health and the conditions caused by wastewater disposal in the environment, but now with the expansion of cities and urban life, keeping the environment clean and protecting it is essential for social life. Therefore, the aim of the research is to minimize the cost, optimize and simulate the primary sedimentation tanks in wastewater treatment plants using Flow3D software. In addition to evaluating the accuracy of the model in the simulation, parameters affecting the ratio of inlet through the overflow to the inlet under the valve were determined. The results showed that The Les model had better result in simulating the setting cavitiy in circular-shaped treatment plant tanks in comparison to the other turbulence models. Comparing the effect of settling characteristic parameters on the maximum settling depth, it was concluded that the drag coefficient and static angle parameters had a great effect on the it. According to several simulations performed with Flow3D software, it was found that this software has good accuracy in simulating the flow pattern passing through the circular overflow-valve treatment plant in both solid bed and mobile bed modes. Also, by comparing the effect of deposition characteristic parameters on the maximum deposition depth, it can be seen that the parameters of drag coefficient and static angle have a great effect on the amount of deposition. Also, among different turbulence models, LES model has more acceptable results in simulation. The settling of the refinery tanks indicates a circular Spillway-valve shape.

In urban development projects, it is important the interaction of groundwater-flow and subsurface-structures, including cutoff-walls. Using a modeling approach to investigate these interactions can be helpful in planning to implement and strategies to reduce the adverse-effects. In this study, the numerical-code MODFLOW has been used with HFB package to simulate the three-dimensional groundwater-system of an urban area in Iraq, taking into account the geological layering and heterogeneity and the constructed cutoff-walls. These 40-meter-deep concrete cutoff-walls have been constructed with the aim of locally groundwater-level reduction to provide an ability to build the designed constructions under ground-level. For calibration and validation of model, the measured data of groundwater-level in 28 observation wells from February 2016 to September 2018 have been used. The aim is to investigate the interaction between the construction of subsurface concrete cutoff-walls and groundwater-system based on development plans. The results show that in the development of considered phases, an increase or decrease in groundwater-level can occur up to more than one-meter compared to pre-development conditions next to cutoff-walls. For example, under the constructed phase condition, the groundwater level changes are between -0.55 (maximum drop) to 0.44 meters (maximum increase) while with the completion of all phases, these changes are between -0.06 (maximum drop) to 0.14 meters (maximum increase), respectively. Preventing the water entering to the lower parts of constructions and maintaining the stability of adjacent structures are some of the issues, which should be observed considering the technical and managerial solutions suggested in this study.