A study on the flow velocities and energy dissipation potential of flow separator placed in spillway flip bucket

Abstract

The design of the energy dissipating pools at the downstream of the spillway is an important issue in terms of controlling the downstream flow regime, jet velocities and the scour problem that may occur in this region. In this context, there are many designs for flip-bucket pools for both energy dissipation and minimizing scour problems. In this study, the energy dissipation performance of a flow separator structure placed in an energy breaker pool was investigated numerically by increasing the shear stresses. The results obtained were interpreted and suggestions were made for future studies.