Study on Flow Characteristics inside a Spillway Tunnel of Hydropower Station

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VOF model and turbulent model were used in this paper to study on flow characteristic inside a certain spillway tunnel of hydropower station, which includes cross sectional distributions of flow velocity in pressure section and non-pressure section. The results show that flow velocity distribution in the pressure section of the spillway tunnel is basically symmetrical. After turning, flow velocity is well-distributed and move ahead; flow velocity in the right side of non-pressure section in the spillway tunnel is 1m/s faster than that in the left side. When two high-speed water flow come together after passing through the central division pier, flow velocity distributions in the both sides of the spillway tunnel are all uniform. The conclusions obtained can improve the design of the spillway tunnel.

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