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Technical Paper
D. Michael Gee
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Presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Conference on Frontier in Hydraulic Engineering held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 9-12 August 1983.
14. ABSTRACT
Information was required concerning velocity distributions in the outlet channel immediately downstream from the Harry S. Truman Dam generating facility. This information was to be used to ascertain hydraulic forces and flow directions for structural design of a fish net or other type of fish barrier to be placed across the outlet channel. The velocity distribution in the outlet channel is complex, governed by operation of various combinations of one to six pump-turbine units in either generation or pumpback mode. The flow pattern can be further complicated by spillway release with or without simultaneous operation of the powerhouse. To provide timely design information for the planned fish facilities, a mathematical model was used to predict the flow fields. This paper describes the model application and compares model results with prototype data.
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Abstract Information w a s required concerning v e l o c i t y d i s t r i b u t i o n s i n t h e o u t l e t channel immediately downstream from t h e Harry S. Truman D a m g e n e r a t i n g f a c i l i t y ( s e e F i g 1 ) . T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n was t o b e used t o a s c e r t a i n h y d r a u l i c f o r c e s and f l o w d i r e c t i o n s f o r s t r u c t u r a l d e s i g n of a f i s h n e t o r o t h e r t y p e of f i s h b a r r i e r t o b e p l a c e d a c r o s s t h e o u t l e t c h a n n e l . The v e l o c i t y d i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e o u t l e t c h a n n e l i s complex, governed by o p e r a t i o n of v a r i o u s combinations of 1 t o 6 pump-turbine u n i t s i n e i t h e r g e n e r a t i o n o r pumpback mode. The f l o w p a t t e r n can b e f u r t h e r c o m p l i c a t e d by s p i l l w a y r e l e a s e s w i t h o r w i t h o u t s i m u l t a n e o u s o p e r a t i o n of t h e powerhouse. To p r o v i d e t h t e l y design i n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h e planned i s % faci:it i e s , a m a t h e m a t i c a l model was used t o p r e d i c t t h e f l o w f i e l d s . Selection of a Mathematical Model
A model f o r s i m u l a t i o n of two-,dimensional f r e e s u r f a c e f l o w s i n t h e h o r i z o n t a l p l a n e w a s deemed a p p r o p r i a t e f o r t h i s s t u d y . The problem w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l s u i t e d f o r u s e of t h e two-dimensional f i n i t e element hydrodynamics model, RMA-2(?) which had b e e n used p r e v i o u s l y by h Hydrol o g i c E n g i n e e r i n g C e n t e r (HEC) on s e v e r a l p r o j e c t a p p l i c a t i o n s .
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Data Summarv The d a t a r e q u i r e d t o perform t h i s s t u d y mag b e d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e c a t e g o r i e s : (1) "Run" d a t a , i . e . t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u i r e d t o e x e c u t e a s i m u l a t i o n , (2) " C a l i b r a t i o n " d a t a , i . e . p r o t o t y p e measurements which are used t o a d j u s t v a r i o u s model c o e f f i c i e n t s t o b r i n g t h e model's p e r formance i n t o conformance w i t h t h a t of t h e p r o t o t y p e , and (3) " V e r i f i c a t i o n " d a t a ; a d d i t i o n a l p r o t o t y p e measurements used t o e v a l u a t e model performance. Run d a t a were d e r i v e d from c o n s t r u c t i o n drawings of t h e o u t l e t c h a n n e l and r e l a t e d p h y s i c a l f e a t u r e s . C a l i b r a t i o n and v e r i f i c a t i o n d a t a cons i s t e d of s e v e r a l s e t s of d e t a i l e d v e l o c i t y measurements. Both magnitude and d i r e c t i o n of f l o w v e l o c i t y were measured a t s e v e r a l p o i n t s i n t h e v e r t i c a l a t s e v e r a l l o c a t i o n s a c r o s s t h e channel (see F i g 1 ) f o r t h r e e d i s c h a r g e s as shown i n T a b l e I. Values used i n t h i s s t u d y were a v e r a g e s of t h e p o i n t v e r t i c a l d a t a a t each l o c a t i o n .
P r e s e n t e d a t t h e ASCE Conference on F r o n t i e r s i n H y d r a u l i c Engineering h e l d a t t h e Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. on 9-12 Augu s t 1983.
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TABLE 1. DATE MEASURED 5 May 82 26 May 82 27 May 82 DISCHARGE (cf s ) 27,000 24,900 1.5,280
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Network/Problem S c h e m a t i z a t i o n
The f i n i t e element network was developed t o p r o v i d e d e t a i l i n t h e a r e a where a f i s h n e t was b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d and i n a r e a s of a n t i c i p a t e d s t r o n g v e l . o c i t y g r a d i e n t s . S u f f i c i e n t network d e t a i l was p r o v i d e d a t t h e powerhouse f a c e t o r e s o l v e f l o w s emanating from i n d i v i d u a l u n i t s . The a r e a schematized extended from t h e powerhouse f a c e downstream a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2700 f e e t . s t i l l i n g b a s i n was a l s o i n c l u d e d i n t h e area modeled as The s ~ i l l w a y c i r c u l a t i o n s i n t h a t a r e a a r e important t o t h e f l o w f i e l d i n g e n e r a l and t o a l l o w f o r s i m u l a t i o n of s p i l l w a y f l o w s i f d e s i r e d . I n g e n e r a l , curved-sided e l e m e n t s were u s e d a l o n g t h e f l o w b o u n d a r i e s t o a l l o w t a n g e n t i a l f l o w a l o n g t h e banks. The network used f o r c a l i b r a t i o n and prod u c t i o n r u n s i s shown on F i g . 1. Note t h e d i s t i n c t rows of e l e m e n t s a l o n g t h e p o s s i b l e n e t a l i g n m e n t s ; t h i s p r o v i d e s a mechanism f o r simulat i n g t h e e f f e c t of t h e f i s h n e t on t h e f l o w f i e l d by i n c r e a s i n g t h e bed roughness w i t h i n one of t h e s e rows o f e l e m e n t s t o a c c o u n t f o r head l o s s a c r o s s t h e n e t . Boundary c o n d i t i o n s used were; i n f l o w ( g e n e f a t e ) o r outflow (pumpback) r a t e s a t t h e a p p r o p r i a t e u n i t s , s l i p c o n d i t i o n s f o r o t h e r f l o w b o u n d a r i e s , and a p r e s c r i b e d w a t e r s u r f a c e e l e v a t i o n a t t h e downs t r e a m boundary. A l l s i m u l a t i o n s were of s t e a d y s t a t e c o n d i t i o n s . C alibration Process/Results The d a t a o b t a i n e d on 26 May 82 were used t o c a l i b r a t e t h e model and t h e o t h e r two d a t a s e t s used f o r v e r i f i c a t i o n . The measured v e l o c i t i e s showed a f l o w r e v e r s a l on t h e l e f t s i d e of t h e c h a n n e l w i t h v e l o c i t i e s t h e r e of up t o 1 f t / s e c (0.305 m/sec) d i r e c t e d towards t h e powerhouse. T h i s c i r c u l a t i o n i s a p p a r e n t l y d r i v e n by f l o w s from t h e powerhouse p e r s i s t i n g a s a j e t a l o n g t h e r i g h t bank. I n i t i a l model r u n s i n d i c a t e d a tendency f o r t h e j e t t o s t a y on t h e r i g h t s i d e of t h e c h a n n e l , however, i t d i f f u s e d and mixed a c r o s s t h e c h a n n e l much more c o m p l e t e l y t h a n was observed i n t h e p r o t o t y p e . The s i m u l a t e d v e l o c i t i e s were i n t h e downstream d i r e c t i o n across nearly t h e e n t i r e c r o s s s e c t i o n a t t h e l o c a t i o n of t h e measurement. U s e of s m a l l e r t u r b u l e n t exchange c o e f f i c i e n t s was i n d i c a t e d t o d e c r e a s e mixing i n t h e model. However, when c o e f f i c i e n t s l e s s t h a n a b o u t 1 5 / f t 2/ s e c (1. 4m2 / s e c ) were used t h e Newton-Raphson method used t o s o l v e t h e n o n l i n e a r s y s t e m of e q u a t i o n s d i d n o t converge.
A Chezy Boundary roughness i s d e s c r i b e d by t h e Chezy e q u a t i o n i n RMA-2. c o e f f i c i e n t of 120 f t % / s e c (66 & / s e c ) was u s e d ; a p p r o x i m a t e l y e q u i v a l e n t Bottom f r i c t i o n does n o t p l a y a dominant r o l e t o a Manning's n of 0.020. i n t h i s problem, a s evidenced by t h e s m a l l head l o s s i n t h e r e a c h of
i n t e r e s t ( t h i s was confirmed by p r e l i m i n a r y s e n s i t i v i t y r u n s ) . Improvement of t h e c a l c u l a t e d flow d i s t r i b u t - i o n by v a r y i n g t h e bottom roughness s p a t i a l l y was n o t a t t e m p t e d because t h e r e was no p h y s i c a l j u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r doing s o . The i n i t i a l approach t o o b t a i n i n g a convergent s o l u t i o n w i t h lower t u r L UUIcII~ . . - I ~ - + exchaiige c o e f f i c i e n ~ s w a s t o increase network d e t a i l . (The i n i t i a l network c o n t a i n e d 228 e l e m e n t s and 509 nodes; t h e f i n a l 313 e l e ments and 686 nodes.) I t was t h o u g h t t h a t t h i s would improve t h e model's performance f o r two r e a s o n s : (1) i n c r e a s e d network d e t a i l would a l l o w r e s o l u t i o n of s m a l l e r s c a l e flow f e a t u r e s , and ( 2 ) s m a l l e r exchange coe f f i c i e n t s a r e u s u a l l y , used w i t h s m a l l e r e l e m e n t s . Model performance improved somewhat, b u t was s t i l l u n s a t i s f a c t o r y . Attempts were a l s o made t o v a r y t h e t u r b u l e n t exchange c o e f f i c i e n t s i n t h e t r a n s v e r s e d i r e c t i o n from t h o s e i n t h e l o n g i t u d i n a l d i r e c t i o n . These e f f o r t s a g a i n d i d n o t s i g n i f i c a n t l y improve t h e r e s u l t s . Convergence of t h e Newton-Raphson a l g o r i t h m r e q u i r e s t h a t t h e f i r s t I I guess" a t t h e s o l u t i o n b e f a i r l y c l o s e t o t h e f i n a l s o l u t i o n ; even f o r r e l a t i v e l y well-behaved f u n c t i o n s . The f i r s t g u e s s used i n RMA-2 i s z e r o v e l o c i t y everywllere and a h o r i z o n t a l water s u i t a c e . P r o v i s i o n a l s o e x i s t s t o u s e a s t h e f i r s t g u e s s t h e s o l u t i o n from a p r e v i o u s l y r u n simulation. H E C had used t h i s f e a t u r e i n a p r e v i o u s s t u d y of a s i t u a t i o n i n v o l v i n g a l a r g e change i n w a t e r s u r f a c e e l e v a t i o n w i t h i n t h e s t u d y domain. S u c c e s s i v e problems were s o l v e d , each having l a r g e r w a t e r s u r f a c e g r a d i e n t s and p r o v i d i n g t h e f i r s t g u e s s a t t h e s u b s e q u e n t problem s o l u t i o n u n t i l t h e d e s i r e d problem was s o l v e d . I t w a s d e c i d e d t o t r y t h i s t e c h n i q u e by u s i n g t h e convergent s o l u t i o n o b t a i n e d w i t h l a r g e exchange c o e f f i c i e n t s a s t h e b e g i n n i n g g u e s s f o r a s o l u t i o n w i t h a s m a l l e r exchange c o e f f i c i e n t s . T h i s t e c h n i q u e proved s u c c e s s f u l ' i n a l l o w i n g u s e of exchange c o e f f i c i e n t s of 7 . 7 f t 2/ s e c ( 0 . 7m2/ s e c ) which gave a s o l u t i o n t h a t c l o s e l y matched t h e observed d a t a ( s e e Fig 2 ) . The o t h e r c r i t i c a l a s p e c t of s u c c e s s f u l l y modeling t h e H.S. Truman f l o w f i e l d was s e l e c t i o n of t h e d e p t h a t t h e powerhouse. The p r o t o t y p e d i s c h a r g e e n t e r s ( o r e x i t s ) o v e r a b o u t t h e lower 2 / 3 of t h e t a i l r a c e d e p t h and i.s n o t u n i f o r m l y d i s t r i b u t e d o v e r t h i s p o r t i o n . A s RMA-2 i s a v e r t i c a l l y averaged model, c a p t u r i n g t h i s v e r t i c a l d e t a i l was n o t p o s s i b l e . Consequently, p r o p e r e n t r a n c e v e l o c i t i e s were o b t a i n e d by a d j u s t i n g t h e bottom e l e v a t i o n a t , and immediately downstream from, t h e powerhouse f a c e . The model was t h e n t e s t e d a g a i n s t t h e v e r i f i c a t i o n d a t a sets ( s e e f o r example F i g . 3) and produced r e s u l t s e q u a l l y a s good as t h e c a l i b r a t i o n run. P r o d u c t i o n Runs Once t h e model was c a l i b r a t e d and v e r i f i e d , p r o d u c t i o n r u n s were made. A l l c o e f f i c i e n t s and p h y s i c a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h e model were unchanged from t h e c a l i b r a t i o n r u n s ; o n l y i n f l o w l o c a t i o n s and q u a n t i t i e s and downs t r e a m t a i l w a t e r e l e v a t i o n s were changed t o model t h e v a r i o u s o p e r a t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n s . To d a t e , f o u r t e e n g e n e r a t i o n and pumpback c o n f i g u r a t i o n s have been a n a l y z e d w i t h t h e model. The computed v e l o c i t y f i e l d s have provided v a l u a b l e i n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h e s e l e c t i o n and d e s i g n of a v i a b l e fish facility.
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Performance of t h i s t y p e of s t u d y r e q u i r e s m a n i p u l a t i o n of s e v e r a l d a t a f i l e s , a p p l i c a t i o n of a t l e a s t t h r e e d i f f e r e n t computer programs, and g r a p h i c s c a p a b i l i t y f o r a n a l y s i s of i n p u t d a t a and s i m u l a t i o n r e s u l t s . The d a t a f l o w and correspondence between t h e computer programs a r e , s h o w n on F i g . 4 . A l l s i m u l a t i o n s were performed on HEC's Harris 500 minicomputer. The RMA-2 s i m u l a t i o n s r e q u i r e d 3-4 minutes of c . p . u . t i m e p e r i t e r a t i o n , o r a t o t a l t i m e of a b o u t 20 mi.nutes p e r s i m u l a t i o n . Acknowledgements The s t u d y was performed f o r and sponsored by t h e U S Army Engineer D i s t r i c t , Kansas C i t y . V e l o c i t y measurements were made by t h e U.S. Geol.ogica1 Survey. The f i n d i n g s and o p i n i o n s e x p r e s s e d h e r e i n a r e t h o s e of t h e a u t h o r and not: n e c e s s a r i l y t h o s e of t h e U S Army Corps of E n g i n e e r s . References I. Gee, D.M. and MacArthur, R.C. "Development of G e n e r a l i z e d F r e e Surf a c e Flow Models Using F i n i t e Element Techniques," F i n i t e Elements i n Water Resources; P r o c e e d i n g s of t h e Second ~ n t e r n a t i o n a lconferenceon F i n i t e Elements i n Water R e s o u r c e s , P e n t e c h P r e s s , J u l y 1978. Norton, W.R., and King, I . P . , "User's Guide and O p e r a t i n g I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r The Computer Program RMA,-2", r e p o r t t o The Sacramento District, U S Army Corps of E n g i n e e r s , Resource Management A s s o c i a t e s , Dec. 1976.
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Corps of Engineers Experience with Automatic Calibration of a Precipitation-Runoff Model Determination of Land Use from Satellite Imagery for Input to Hydrologic Models Application of the Finite Element Method to Vertically Stratified Hydrodynamic Flow and Water Quality Flood Mitigation Planning Using HEC-SAM Hydrographs by Single Linear Reservoir Model HEC Activities in Reservoir Analysis Institutional Support of Water Resource Models Investigation of Soil Conservation Service Urban Hydrology Techniques Potential for Increasing the Output of Existing Hydroelectric Plants Potential Energy and Capacity Gains from Flood Control Storage Reallocation at Existing U.S. Hydropower Reservoirs Use of Non-Sequential Techniques in the Analysis of Power Potential at Storage Projects Data Management Systems of Water Resources Planning The New HEC-1 Flood Hydrograph Package River and Reservoir Systems Water Quality Modeling Capability Generalized Real-Time Flood Control System Model Operation Policy Analysis: Sam Rayburn Reservoir Training the Practitioner: The Hydrologic Engineering Center Program Documentation Needs for Water Resources Models Reservoir System Regulation for Water Quality Control A Software System to Aid in Making Real-Time Water Control Decisions Calibration, Verification and Application of a TwoDimensional Flow Model HEC Software Development and Support Hydrologic Engineering Center Planning Models Flood Routing Through a Flat, Complex Flood Plain Using a One-Dimensional Unsteady Flow Computer Program Dredged-Material Disposal Management Model Infiltration and Soil Moisture Redistribution in HEC-1 The Hydrologic Engineering Center Experience in Nonstructural Planning Prediction of the Effects of a Flood Control Project on a Meandering Stream Evolution in Computer Programs Causes Evolution in Training Needs: The Hydrologic Engineering Center Experience Reservoir System Analysis for Water Quality Probable Maximum Flood Estimation - Eastern United States Use of Computer Program HEC-5 for Water Supply Analysis Role of Calibration in the Application of HEC-6 Engineering and Economic Considerations in Formulating Modeling Water Resources Systems for Water Quality
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