Study on the of the Body Shape Optimization of the Stilling Pool and the Scour of River Bed in the Diversion and Discharge Tunnel.

In the stilling pool of the spillway and flushing tunnel, there are often problems such as unstable fluctuation range of hydraulic jump and even overtopping the side wall. In order to obtain a good energy dissipation and erosion prevention effect of the stilling pool, the fluid movement during the flood discharge process of the spillway and flushing tunnel was studied through a combination of numerical simulation and physical model testing, which was beneficial for gaining hydraulic dynamics of the flow field and the downstream riverbed erosion conditions . The hydraulic characteristics of water flow under different stilling pool body shape optimization schemes were analyzed, and those schemes were verified by physical experiments. The results show that the flow pattern is more stable under adding a rectangular tailgate at the stilling pool, the water surface fluctuation is reduced. At the same time, the maximum decrease of inlet and outlet velocity in the stilling pool is 7.66 m/s. The pressure distribution is uniform, no negative pressure is generated, and the energy dissipation rate reaches 80.60%. After the addition of the rectangular tailgate, the riverbed scour pit range of the design and verification conditions are reduced by 12.20 m and 13.30 m compared with the original scheme, and it' s maximum scour pit depth are reduced by 0.48 m and 1.00 m compared with the original scheme, respectively. The decrease of the riverbed scour pit range and the maximum scour pit depth shows that the addition of rectangular tailgate has obvious protective effect on the downstream. The research shows that the stilling pool body shape optimization scheme can effectively improve its energy dissipation. The flow field distribution of the optimized stilling pool body shape is uniform, which have great protection on the downstream river bed. The research results can provide reference for diversion and flood discharge and sand flushing projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]