Comparative Study of Design of Flat and Curve Gate Used in Hydropower Plants
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https://doi.org/10.37255/jme.v19i3pp067-076Keywords:
sluice gate, stress strain analysis, hydropower plantAbstract
This paper is based on the basic steps for analyzing two different hydro mechanical Gates of hydropower plants for an effective and safe design point of view. In an analysis, we found effective and safer results. We used the ANSYS Workbench software to determine these gates' deformation, stress, strength, and reliability for analysis. These gates are also known as sluice gates. In this study, we modeled one using the usual flat-shape geometry. In contrast, the other, as a specific curve-shaped geometry, performed the virtual finite element analysis for better results. An analysis found that the peak stresses induced on the flat gate and curved gate are different, respectively, while the deformation occurred due to peak stresses being less and more, respectively; from these results, It is concluded that the curved gate is a better one.
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