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The water flow over a semicircular weir is investigated numerically and experimentally in this paper. The numerical model solves the Reynolds equation for a mean flow field with thek-ε-turbulent model. To trace the motion of the free surface, the COF method with geometric reconstruction is employed. The velocity of the flow is measured by means of LDV technique. Four types of flow patterns, the position of the separation and reattachment point, the distribution of shear stress on the bed at downstream of the weir are presented and discussed. The numerical results agree well with the experiment data.
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Chunrong, L., Aode, H. & Wenju, M. Numerical and experimental investigation of flow over a semicircular weir. Acta Mech Sinica 18, 594–602 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487961
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487961