Scroll vortex inlet design

Vortex type drop shafts have played a crucial role in hydraulics engineering. These structures serve as a vital connection between shallow surface flow and underground facilities and scroll vortex inlets are one of the few types of vortex type inlet designs which have been proposed. This study a...

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Main Author: Hew, Kai Qi
Other Authors: Tan Soon Keat
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1591882022-06-10T04:57:05Z Scroll vortex inlet design Hew, Kai Qi Tan Soon Keat School of Civil and Environmental Engineering CTANSK@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Civil engineering Vortex type drop shafts have played a crucial role in hydraulics engineering. These structures serve as a vital connection between shallow surface flow and underground facilities and scroll vortex inlets are one of the few types of vortex type inlet designs which have been proposed. This study aimed to evaluate the flow depth distribution for various flow configurations by varying three geometric parameters by a margin of 5% and potentially establish an optimum flow configuration for the scroll vortex inlet design. This study showed that the variation of the 3 parameters proved to have no significant impacts on the results and an optimum inlet design for an ideal flow condition could not be achieved due to certain limitations. Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) 2022-06-10T04:57:05Z 2022-06-10T04:57:05Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Hew, K. Q. (2022). Scroll vortex inlet design. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159188 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159188 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Hew, Kai Qi
Scroll vortex inlet design
description Vortex type drop shafts have played a crucial role in hydraulics engineering. These structures serve as a vital connection between shallow surface flow and underground facilities and scroll vortex inlets are one of the few types of vortex type inlet designs which have been proposed. This study aimed to evaluate the flow depth distribution for various flow configurations by varying three geometric parameters by a margin of 5% and potentially establish an optimum flow configuration for the scroll vortex inlet design. This study showed that the variation of the 3 parameters proved to have no significant impacts on the results and an optimum inlet design for an ideal flow condition could not be achieved due to certain limitations.
author2 Tan Soon Keat
author_facet Tan Soon Keat
Hew, Kai Qi
format Final Year Project
author Hew, Kai Qi
author_sort Hew, Kai Qi
title Scroll vortex inlet design
title_short Scroll vortex inlet design
title_full Scroll vortex inlet design
title_fullStr Scroll vortex inlet design
title_full_unstemmed Scroll vortex inlet design
title_sort scroll vortex inlet design
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159188
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