Critical Submergence for Multiple Pipe Intakes
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 135, Issue 12
Abstract
The critical submergence for a group of multiple pipe intakes is predicted using a “superposition method” based on a potential flow solution. Experiments on groups of two, three, and four intakes were conducted. Experimental and theoretical results indicate that intakes in a group mutually influence the discharge into an individual intake. Therefore, the critical submergence for an intake in a group becomes larger than that for an isolated intake under identical flow conditions. The agreement between the theoretical and experimental results is found to be satisfactory.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 135 • Issue 12 • December 2009
Pages: 1052 - 1062
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Aug 14, 2007
Accepted: Jun 26, 2009
Published online: Jun 29, 2009
Published in print: Dec 2009
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