Numerical Investigation of Scour Downstream of Diversion Barrage for Different Stilling Basins at Flood Discharge

Muhammad Waqas Zaffar (), Ishtiaq Hassan, Umair Latif, Shah Jahan and Zeeshan Ullah
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Muhammad Waqas Zaffar: Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Expressway, Kahuta Road Zone-V Sihala, Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Ishtiaq Hassan: Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Expressway, Kahuta Road Zone-V Sihala, Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Umair Latif: Communication and Work Department (C&W), Government of Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Shah Jahan: Professional Engineer Construction Planning and Costing at DASU Hydropower Project, Kohistan 20100, Pakistan
Zeeshan Ullah: NUST Institute of Civil Engineering (NICE), Department of Construction Engineering and Management (CE&M), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-23

Abstract: The hydraulic performance of stilling basins is affected by their size and geometry, which can be predicted by local scour. In 2008, based on a rigid bed study, the stilling basin of Taunsa barrage was remodeled, in which the old friction and baffle blocks were replaced with chute blocks and end sills. However, the study did not consider the effects of the remodeled basin on the erodible bed and only investigated hydraulic jumps. Therefore, this study developed FLOW-3D scour models for a designed flow of 24.28 m 3 /s/m to investigate the flow field and local scouring downstream of old and remodeled basins. The results showed that as compared to Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Standard K-ε models, the Renormalization Group (RNG-K-ε) model predicted the scour profiles with better accuracy, for which the coefficient of determination (R 2 ) reached 0.736, 0.823, and 0.747 for bays 33, 34, and 55, respectively. Downstream of the remodeled basin, the net change in sediment bed was 88%, 91%, and 95% in the LES, Standard, and RNG-K-ε models, respectively. However, downstream of the old basin, the net change in sediment bed reached 51%. Conclusively, based on the results, the study suggests investigating scour downstream of Taunsa Barrage using other discharges and sediment transport rate equations.

Keywords: barrage; retrogression; remodeling; stilling basin; scour; turbulence models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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