Engineering
7 years ago

Curved plan weirs increase water discharge by 25%, revolutionizing flow control.

Water Science and Engineering
Numerical study of flow of labyrinth weir with triangular and curved plan form using Fluent software
Somayeh Emami, Hadi Arvanaghi, Javad Parsa

Paper Summary

Labyrinth weirs with curved crests have better water flow than those with straight crests. Researchers used computer simulations to study how water flows over these weirs. They found that weirs with curved crests have 25% more water flow than those with triangular crests.

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