Numerical Modeling of Flow over an Ogee Crested Spillway under Radial Gate: VOF and MMF Model

The present research work shows the simulation of the gated flow over an ogee crested spillway for one of water reservoir. The average velocities and Froude Number analysis at various gate openings gives a better insight of flow behavior. Also, the simulations were carried out by changing the gate bottom shape. The STAR CCM+ CFD tool is used to solve the fluid flow performance. The flow parameters near the bottom of the gate have been studied with two types of fluid flow models i.e. Volume of Fluid (VOF) and Multi-Mixture Fluid Models. The use of Volume of Fluid (VOF) multiphase model together with RNG k-e turbulence for the simulation, gives the excellent agreement between the experimental and numerical data. The spillway performance of the gated flow at various gate openings resembles with the actual flow behavior. The applicability of the CFD model to simulate the gated flow over ogee crested spillway is reviewed. The computational model study showed that CFD can be useful in hydraulics structures for designing of various reservoirs. This numerical model gives significant advantage in practice, in terms of parametric studies