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With regard to high water head and large flow velocity in the spillway tunnels of hydraulic projects in China, the aerator device has been introduced and is widely used to prevent cavitation damage. The bottom rollers in the nappe cavity below the aerator device are a serious concern in designing suitable cavity regimes; however, observation of roller size may be inaccurate due to high flow turbulence and de-aeration in the jet impact region. In this study, a novel approach is proposed to predict roller sizes using pressure distribution of the bottom rollers. Pressure distribution characteristics are experimentally investigated under different geometrical parameters of aerator device and hydraulic conditions. The results specify the influence of the relative step height and working gate opening on pressure distribution. The simplified estimating formula of pressure distribution is derived within relative errors of 15%. The evaluation of the applicability of the proposed equation shows test data are in good agreement with the calculated value. Research results provide a reference for estimating bottom rollers of similar engineering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Changshaling Structural Belt is an important oil and gas exploration area in Jiudong Basin, and abnormal high pressure is universal in the zone. The paper proposes a new three-dimensional (3D)pore pressure calculation method based on single point hypothesis, which can use 3D interval velocity data to estimate 3D pore pressure. The novel method was applied to the 3D pore pressure calculation and analysis of Changshaling Structural Belt. Firstly, the pore pressure profile and model parameters of several key exploratory wells were established. Secondly, the 3D interval velocity data of the structural belt was obtained by seismic inversion. Further, the computer program was developed, and it was used to calculate the 3D pore pressure of Changshaling Structural Belt. Finally, with the 3D pressure results of Changshaling Structural Belt, the pore pressure distribution of this zone was systematically analyzed, with positive results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT: In this article, the governing equations for the unsteady flow of viscoelastic fluid in the eccentric annulus with the inner cylinder reciprocating axially and the expression of the pressure distribution on the wall of the inner cylinder of the annulus are established and derived, respectively, under the bipolar coordinate system. The equations and the expression are solved and calculated numerically using the finite difference method, respectively. The curves of the pressure distribution on the wall of the inner cylinder of the aqueous solution of Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide (HPAM) are plotted and the influences of annular eccentricity, stroke, and stroke frequency on the pressure distribution are analyzed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]