Experimental Study of Composite Inclined Weir – Gate Hydraulic Structure

Abstract

Composite hydraulic structure is widely used in irrigation system which consists of two parts. The first part is responsible for overflow regime and is represented by a weir, whereas the second part is responsible for underflow regime and is represented by a gate. Both elements play significant role to control, measured, and divert the flow. So it dominates the hydraulic regimes of open channel or river with high responsibility and accuracy. The target of this study is to investigate the effect of the composite hydraulic structure installation at various inclination angles (from 45-135 degree) with the flume bed, which is horizontal, and adopt the normal position of composite device ( angle equal to 90 degree) as guide in discussion with various angles. Several experimental works were carried out in hydraulic laboratory flume at the Basrah Engineering Technical College under free flow condition with various geometrical dimensions of combined rectangular weir and rectangular gate in order to investigate the effect of inclination angle on major flow factors such as actual discharge, discharge coefficient, depth of water in downstream zone of flume, cross sectional area of flow that cross or pass the weir and gate respectively. Also, this study mentions the percentage of increase in discharge coefficient and variation in actual discharge, discharge coefficient and Reynolds Number with cross sectional area of flow that cross the gate.