Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media

This paper focuses on the flow of water through rockfill porous media and brings out the effect of various parameters on hydraulic conductivity, friction factors, energy losses, drag coefficients, drag forces, and shear forces for such systems. Laboratory tests on rock materials with median diameter...

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Main Author: Jafar Chabokpour
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Language:English
Published: Razi University 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater
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Online Access:https://arww.razi.ac.ir/article_3300_c3f25bbbd828e252637131e1591a2fa0.pdf
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description This paper focuses on the flow of water through rockfill porous media and brings out the effect of various parameters on hydraulic conductivity, friction factors, energy losses, drag coefficients, drag forces, and shear forces for such systems. Laboratory tests on rock materials with median diameters 1.1 cm and 1.8 cm and porosity of 42% and 47%, respectively, showed a nonlinear relationship between hydraulic gradient and pore velocity. The Reynolds numbers were always greater than 2000, thus fully justifying turbulent flow conditions. The obtained results showed that the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor ranged between approximately 0.8 and 0.2 with surfacing velocity. It was observed that energy losses were nonlinear to the Reynolds number; furthermore, they changed from 0.02 to 0.14 m along the media length. Drag coefficient was found to be an inverse of the Reynolds number with approximate values from 2.5 to 0.5. The shear forces along the water surface profile varied generally between 0.2 and 1.0 N/m² for all test runs, depending on the flow conditions and the media characteristics. Calculated hydraulic conductivity ranges from 0.05 to 0.15 m/s and can be explained primarily by variations of the flow depth and changes to the particle size distribution along the channel. It is further found that variations of porosity and flow depth produce a perceivable effect on shear forces along the water surface profile within rockfill media. Vegetation on the bed and bank also influences the resistance owing to flow.
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spelling doaj-art-cae01ad4f4a84533bdb8bd84167875f92025-01-18T11:37:21ZengRazi UniversityJournal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater2476-62832024-12-0111211612310.22126/arww.2024.9679.13123300Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill mediaJafar Chabokpour0Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.This paper focuses on the flow of water through rockfill porous media and brings out the effect of various parameters on hydraulic conductivity, friction factors, energy losses, drag coefficients, drag forces, and shear forces for such systems. Laboratory tests on rock materials with median diameters 1.1 cm and 1.8 cm and porosity of 42% and 47%, respectively, showed a nonlinear relationship between hydraulic gradient and pore velocity. The Reynolds numbers were always greater than 2000, thus fully justifying turbulent flow conditions. The obtained results showed that the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor ranged between approximately 0.8 and 0.2 with surfacing velocity. It was observed that energy losses were nonlinear to the Reynolds number; furthermore, they changed from 0.02 to 0.14 m along the media length. Drag coefficient was found to be an inverse of the Reynolds number with approximate values from 2.5 to 0.5. The shear forces along the water surface profile varied generally between 0.2 and 1.0 N/m² for all test runs, depending on the flow conditions and the media characteristics. Calculated hydraulic conductivity ranges from 0.05 to 0.15 m/s and can be explained primarily by variations of the flow depth and changes to the particle size distribution along the channel. It is further found that variations of porosity and flow depth produce a perceivable effect on shear forces along the water surface profile within rockfill media. Vegetation on the bed and bank also influences the resistance owing to flow.https://arww.razi.ac.ir/article_3300_c3f25bbbd828e252637131e1591a2fa0.pdfrockfillhydraulic conductivityenergy lossdrag coefficient
spellingShingle Jafar Chabokpour
Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
Journal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater
rockfill
hydraulic conductivity
energy loss
drag coefficient
title Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
title_full Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
title_fullStr Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
title_short Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
title_sort experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity energy dissipation and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media
topic rockfill
hydraulic conductivity
energy loss
drag coefficient
url https://arww.razi.ac.ir/article_3300_c3f25bbbd828e252637131e1591a2fa0.pdf
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