Investigation on the affection of some dimensionless parameters on the coefficient of discharge in the semi cylindrical weir- gate model

The combined weir-gate is one of the structures, which can be substituted in channels instead of weirs and gates. Curvature of the semi cylindrical of the weir- gate structures lead to hold the water snap to the structures body which increases the amount of coefficient discharge the weir- gate structures in comparison with the sharp crested weirs. In this research, the affection of some dimensionless parameters on discharge coefficient in the semi cylindrical weir- gate model was investigated. The experiments were conducted in a horizontal channel with a length of 8 m and width of 0.282 m through using PVC pipes with diameters of 70, 120 and 160 mm as wire and wire-gates. The research findings show that the coefficient of discharge increases by increasing the dimensionless parameters including H/P, Hw/H, Fr and Hf/H for both upstream and downstream curvatures in all alignments of the structure. Hence, the maximum and minimum discharge coefficients occur in the 60 degree and 30 degree angle, respectively. Also, at a constant H/D and Hw/H, the coefficient of discharges is larger for upstream curvatures than the downstream ones. The results show that not only the angle of the semi cylindrical curvature from the horizontal line but also the structure diameter affect on the discharge coefficient