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JOURNAL OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING
Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 246-253Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000530
Keywords
Piano key weir; Labyrinth weir; Nonlinear weir
Funding
- State of Utah
- Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University
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A piano key (PK) weir is a type of nonlinear (labyrinth-type) control structure with a relatively small spillway footprint. No standard PK weir design procedure is available, and the amount of published information on PK weirs is limited. PK weirs have a large number of geometric parameters that can affect head-discharge performance. A PK weir geometric design has, however, been recommended in the literature, along with a head-discharge relationship specific to that PK weir geometry. To develop a better understanding of the effects of PK weir geometry on discharge efficiency, nine laboratory-scale four-cycle PK weir configurations were tested (including the recommended design). The effects of the following PK weir geometry or modifications on weir performance were partially isolated: varying the inlet-to-outlet key ratio, raising the crest via a parapet wall, rounding the upstream apex walls, and varying the crest type. The appropriateness of the recommended head-discharge equation specific to the recommended design was evaluated, and the relative head-discharge efficiency of trapezoidal labyrinth and PK weirs with respect to footprint restrictions and crest length were compared. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000530. (C) 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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