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An experimental study on free surface vortex dynamics

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In the present research, hydrodynamic behavior of free surface vortices including surface displacement of the vortex core as a function of the vortex stability, relationship between the intake hydraulic parameters and vortex strength and characteristics of the vortex vertical stretching as a function of the intake hydraulic parameters were experimentally investigated in a horizontal intake. Relationship between the vortex-induced air and vortex strength was also evaluated and compared with the previous researches. In this regard, by defining a non-dimensional parameter as intake number, relationships between intake hydraulic parameters and other investigated dynamic aspects of free-surface vortices were discussed.

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The authors would like to express their best appreciations from Water Research Institute of Iran, and the laboratory of Fluid Mechanics of Mechanical Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology, for their cooperation to provide all needed laboratorial supports.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran

    Ahmad Tahershamsi & Morteza Monshizadeh

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Hassan Rahimzadeh

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

    Hamed Sarkardeh

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Tahershamsi, A., Rahimzadeh, H., Monshizadeh, M. et al. An experimental study on free surface vortex dynamics. Meccanica 53, 3269–3277 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-018-0878-3

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