In the last three decades the design of stepped spillways regained some interest because of their suitability with new construction methods including gabion placement. In this study, the hydraulic performances of gabion stepped weirs were investigated experimentally in terms of the air-water flow properties and energy dissipation rate. A physical study was performed in a relatively large size f...

Environmentally friendly nature and the direct impact of gabion weirs on the quality parameters of rivers as well as simple design and construction of such structures, has putted them under consideration in the recent years. In this research, Hydraulic parameters of gabion crump weirs including water surface profile, discharge coefficient and through flow discharge are investigated numerically ...

Abstract Gabion weirs are environment-friendly structures widely used for irrigation and drainage network purposes. These structures' hydraulic performance is fundamentally different from solid weirs' due to their porosity the existence of a through-flow discharge. This paper investigates reliability suitability number Machine learning models estimation gabion weirs. Generally, three Boosting e...

Abstract Weirs are used to control and regulate the flow in open channels. In gabion structures, conditions more complex due complexity of through porous body a gabion. The present study aims investigate water surface profile, overflow velocity both through-flow ratios. Six physical models three downstream slopes (V:H 1:1, 1:2, 1:3) two types rockfill (crushed stone rounded gravel) were investi...

In this study, a series of laboratory tests were performed to investigate the effects side ramp slope, crest length, and porous media properties on flow regimes, water-surface profiles, discharge coefficients, energy dissipation in embankment gabion weirs with upstream downstream slopes. 24 physical models solid three different upstream/downstream slopes (90°, 45° 26.5°) created. To complexity ...

Abstract The attention of researchers and engineers has been attracted to gabion weirs due their environmental, hydraulic, stability capabilities compared with solid weirs. One the possible problems is partial blockage caused by sedimentation upstream them. This research experiment investigates hydraulic performance broad-crested (GBCWs) an blockage. For this purpose, a total 147 experiments we...

This study proposed a numerical procedure to simulate the deformation behaviors of the uniaxial compression test of single gabion and of the lateral loading test of full scale gabion retaining wall. The validity of the numerical procedures is verified by the comparison of the measurements with the simulations of deformation behavior. In addition, two evaluation equations which are capable of es...