The Effect of Downstream Water Depth on Hydraulic Jump Characteristics Along Side Weir

Side weir is one of the water diversion structures which is widely used for different purposes such as deviation of the excess water in the urban wastewater collection systems, irrigation networks, control of the floods’ elevation, etc. In some conditions, a spatially varied flow over the side weir might include hydraulic jump which has been less studied yet. In present study the hydraulic jump issue was investigated using a Flow-3D software model. The model was validated with experimental data and the results showed that the numerical model was able to simulate the hydraulic jump with reasonable accuracy. Then, the effect of the downstream water depth on the characteristics of the hydrulic jump was investigated. By decreasing the downstream water depth, the location of the hydraulic jump moved toward the weir downstream end while the hydraulic jump was removed by increasing the downstream water depth. By moving towards the end of the weir, the longitudinal velocity distribution became non-uniform due to formation of the separation zone near the main channel bed flow and the areas with negative velocities were formed.