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An Enhanced Physically Based Scour Model for Considering Jet Air Entrainment

Anton Schleiss
2016
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Based on systematic experiments on the influence of air entrainment on rock block stability in plunge pools impacted by high-velocity jets, this study presents adaptations of a physically based scour model. The modifications regarding jet aeration are implemented in the Comprehensive Scour Model (CSM), allowing it to reproduce the physical-mechanical processes involved in scour formation conceming the three phases; namely, water, rock, and air. The enhanced method considers the reduction of momentum of an aerated jet as well as the decrease of energy dissipation in the jet diffusive shear layer, both result-ing from the entrainment of air bubbles. Block ejection from the rock mass depends on a combination of the aerated time-averaged pressure coefficient and the modified maximum dynamic impulsion coef-ficient, which was found to be a constant value of 0.2 for high-velocity jets in deep pools. The modified model is applied to the case of the observed scour hole at the I

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Anton Schleiss
2016
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/1326e993-0fbe-437b-ace1-a49f640b7424

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An Enhanced Physically Based Scour Model for Considering Jet Air Entrainment

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Dynamic Pressures around a Confined Block Impacted by Plunging Aerated High-Velocity Jets