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An evaluation of computational fluid dynamics for spillway modeling

2007· dissertation· en· W2170807814 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Paul Chanel

Bibliographic record

VenueLibrary and Archives Canada (Government of Canada) · 2007
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicHydraulic flow and structures
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsComputational fluid dynamicsSpillwayEngineeringComputational modelCFD in buildingsFlow (mathematics)Dependency (UML)SoftwareMarine engineeringComputer scienceSimulationGeotechnical engineeringSystems engineeringMechanicsAerospace engineering
DOInot available

Abstract

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As a part of the design process for hydro-electric generating stations, hydraulic engineers typically conduct some form of model testing. The desired outcome from the testing can vary considerably depending on the specific situation, but often characteristics such as velocity patterns, discharge rating curves, water surface profiles, and pressures at various locations are measured. Due to recent advances in computational power and numerical techniques, it is now possible to obtain much of this information through numerical modeling. \n\nComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a type of numerical modeling that is used to solve problems involving fluid flow. Since CFD can provide a faster and more economical solution than physical modeling, hydraulic engineers are interested in verifying the capability of CFD software. Although some literature shows successful comparisons between CFD and physical modeling, a more comprehensive study would provide the required confidence to use numerical modeling for design purposes. This study has examined the ability of the commercial CFD software Flow-3D to model a variety of spillway configurations by making data comparisons to both new and old physical model experimental data. In general, the two types of modeling have been in agreement with the provision that discharge comparisons appear to be dependent on a spillway’s height to design head ratio (P/Hd). Simulation times and required mesh resolution were also examined as part of this study.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.011
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.013
Threshold uncertainty score0.025

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.011
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.189
Teacher spread0.184 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations27
Published2007
Admission routes1
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