@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6166,
	  title     = {Numerical Simulation of Cavitation and Aeration in Discharge Gated Tunnel of a Dam Based on the VOF Method},
	  author    = {Razieh Jalalabadi and  Norouz Mohammad Nouri},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Cavitation, usually known as a destructive
phenomenon, involves turbulent unsteady two-phase flow. Having
such features, cavitating flows have been turned to a challenging
topic in numerical studies and many researches are being done for
better understanding of bubbly flows and proposing solutions to
reduce its consequent destructive effects. Aeration may be regarded
as an effective protection against cavitation erosion in many
hydraulic structures, like gated tunnels. The paper concerns
numerical simulation of flow in discharge gated tunnel of a dam
using ing RNG k -ε model coupled with the volume of fluid (VOF)
method and the zone which is susceptible of cavitation inception in
the tunnel is predicted. In the second step, a vent is considered in the
mentioned zone for aeration and the numerical simulation is done
again to study the effects of aeration. The results show that aeration
is an impressively useful method to exclude cavitation in mentioned
tunnels.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {10},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {969 - 976},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6166},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/46},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 46, 2010},
	}