??m?ut?ti?n ?f S????g? ?nd ?xit Gr?di?nt thr?ugh ? H?m?g?n??us ??rth D?m with?ut Filt?r Dr?in by using G??-Sl??? (S???/W) S?ftw?r?

Abstract

In this study, S???/W w?s us?d t? d?v?l?? ? finit? ?l?m?nt m?d?l ?f ? h?m?g?n?us ??rth d?m ?nd f?r this ?ur??s? Hub d?m w?s s?l??t?d. Tw? diff?r?nt ??s?s i.?. (i) with filt?r dr?in ?nd (ii) with?ut filt?r dr?in w?s studi?d t? ?h??k th? b?h?vi?r ?f th? d?m in t?rms ?f s????g? flux ?nd ?xit gr?di?nt r?s???tiv?ly. Th? s?ftw?r? w?s ?ls? us?d t? simul?t? th? ?hr??ti? lin? b?h?vi?r f?r b?th ??s?s. Th? F? m?d?l w?s ??m?ris?d ?f f?ur diff?r?nt ty??s ?f ?l?m?nts i.?. tri?ngul?r, squ?r?, r??t?ngul?r ?nd tr???z?id?l. F?r ??s? (i) th? d?m?in is dis?r?tiz?d int? ? m?sh by 12,346 ?l?m?nts thr?ugh ?l???m?nt ?f n?d?l ??ints 12,495 ?nd f?r ??s? (ii) 12,305 ?l?m?nts ?nd 12,399 n?d?l ??ints w?s us?d. Th? ?ut??m? ?f th? simul?t?d r?sults sh?w?d th?t th? d?m is s?f? ?g?inst ?i?ing, ?t its ?rigin?l d?sign ?s th? inst?ll?ti?n ?f ? filt?r dr?in f?und w?rking ?ff??tiv?ly in r?du?ing int?rn?l w?t?r ?r?ssur? within th? d?m ?nd its f?und?ti?n. F?r ??s? (i), th? ?hr??ti? lin? sh?w?d ? n?rm?l tr?nd ?s it is f?lling int? th? filt?r dr?in with ?v?r?ll minimum s????g? flux ?f 2.513 x 10^-4 ft³/s??/ft ?nd ?xit gr?di?nt ?t d?wnstr??m t?? 0.351 r?s???tiv?ly. H?w?v?r, f?r ??s? (ii) th? d?m sh?w?d ?n irr?gul?r b?h?vi?r ?s th? ?hr??ti? lin? tr?nd w?s f?und ?bn?rm?l ?s it ?uts th? d?wnstr??m sl??? ?f th? d?m ?nd ?b?ut (65.419% – 71.085%) m?r? ?xit gr?di?nt w?s r???rd?d f?r ???h s??n?ri?.