Simulating Hydraulic Structures in EEMS
Visit sourceCovers the modeling capability underlying dams, intakes, and tailwater structures generally.
Hydropower Engineering
Intake Analysis
Engineers often need to consider a range of layouts for hydropower intake design.
Challenges with Intake Analysis
Engineers often need to consider a range of layouts for hydropower intake design. The optimal design can depend on a range of factors including the type, number and location of intake structures.
Hydropower intake and headpond, Laos
EEMS Capabilities
EEMS allows various design alternatives to be accurately modeled for shear stress, velocity and depth to arrive at the best solution. New hydrodynamic options may be built rapidly and model outputs analyzed efficiently, providing the decision makers with a variety of graphical outputs with which to make an informed assessment.
Related Research
Equation-based Options in Hydraulic Structures
Visit sourceSame rationale — configuration options for structure behavior applicable across all three sub-categories.
Movement of Lagrangian Particles across Hydraulic Structures
Visit sourceDemonstrates particle tracking through structures, relevant to intake/tailwater flow behavior but not framed as either specifically.
Flow Lookup Tables in EEMS
Visit sourceA structure-flow configuration feature usable for dam, intake, or tailwater setups.
EEMS Feature: Partial Flow Blocking
Visit sourceFlow-blocking features relevant to structure operations generally, but not tied to a specific dam-break, intake, or tailwater case study.
Partial Depth Flow Blocking - Part 1
Visit sourceFlow-blocking features relevant to structure operations generally, but not tied to a specific dam-break, intake, or tailwater case study.
Partial Depth Flow Blocking - Part 2
Visit sourceFlow-blocking features relevant to structure operations generally, but not tied to a specific dam-break, intake, or tailwater case study.
