A review of hydraulic performance and design methods of labyrinth weirs

AK Idrees, R Al-Ameri - Water Supply, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Labyrinth weirs are complex hydraulic structures. They have been widely used as a water
regulator and to increase discharge in channels and spillway dams. Labyrinth weirs are an …

Effects of geometrical parameters on labyrinth weir hydraulics

A Samadi, F Salmasi, H Arvanaghi… - Journal of Irrigation and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The effects of geometrical parameters (crest height, number of cycles, and plan weir
configuration), are investigated experimentally on labyrinth weirs, over a range of headwater …

Experimental exploration of flow hydraulics and discharge coefficient for an inclined circular labyrinth weir

H Zare, M Vaghefi, A Mahmoudi… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Springer
This study focuses on the experimental investigation of an inclined circular labyrinth weir
with angles of inclination of 60, 70, 80, and 90 degrees. Additionally, the influence of …

Investigating a new approach to enhance the discharge capacity of labyrinth weirs

AK Idrees, R Al-Ameri - Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2023 - iwaponline.com
Climate change has caused the inefficient operation of a significant number of old weirs to
pass large discharges. Therefore, this study aims to increase the discharge capacity of the …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of scour downstream of triangular labyrinth weirs

EA Elnikhely, I Fathy - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Estimation and control of local scouring downstream hydraulic structures is an important
aspect for designing hydraulic structures. Lack predicting of local scouring can cause …

A Walnut optimization algorithm applied to discharge coefficient prediction on labyrinth weirs

H Emami, S Emami, J Parsa - Soft Computing, 2022 - Springer
Weirs are important hydraulic structures widely used to control the flow rates in open
channels and rivers. The discharge coefficient is a vital parameter in computing flow rate …

[HTML][HTML] Hydraulic performance of circular crested oblique weirs

BMA Noori - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study attempted to improve the discharge capacity of oblique weirs by rounding
their crests. Twenty-four oblique weir models have been tested in which oblique angle (α) …

Minimizing the hydraulic side effects of weirs construction by using labyrinth weirs

OK Saleh, EA Elnikhely, F Ismail - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2019 - Elsevier
It is no doubt that weirs are one of the most important hydraulic structures that play a vital
role in irrigation project. So, it is necessary to minimize the hydraulic side effects of weirs …

Hydraulic performance of circular crested triangular plan form weirs

BMA Noori, NT Aaref - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Triangular labyrinth weirs are nonlinear weirs used to control and pass the required
discharge with low afflux in case of limited width saving the upstream countryside and costly …

Flow Rate Capacity Improvement of Triangular Plan Form Sharp Crested Weirs

BMA Noori, NT Aaref - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Hydraulic engineers are always seeking solutions to increase the flow rate capacity of weirs
in order to overpass and regulate large flow rates with low upstream afflux, preventing the …