Supercritical flow in bend manholes
Summary
Soil and Water
Fonds publics et privés
OFEV, CREABETON
Michael Pfister
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June 2021 - May 2022
Hydraulic design of variable bend manhole geometries with supercritical flow based on hydrodynamic simulations.
Sewers direct wastewater to the WWTP. Outflow might occur at bend manholes if the flow is supercritical. So far, the hydraulic design bases for such bends are limited to a few geometries requiring large dimensions. These can hardly be prefabricated and transported. This raises the question of the performance of alternative bend geometries, which are systematically tested using calibrated hydrodynamic simulations. A generally applicable design approach of the hydraulic capacity of such variable bend manhole geometries results.