Hydraulic Operation of a Diversion Structure: Physical Modeling

Abstract

The City of Villahermosa, capital of Tabasco, México, constantly suffers from the brunt of floods. In order to mitigate them, the regulation of levels and distribution of flows was envisaged in the vicinity of the city through a series of diversions in the main rivers of the state. Here are the basics of physical modeling and the results of experimental work to verify the operation of a major structure which is to be built to limit the flow in the river of Sierra that runs freely to the Villahermosa City, to reduce the risk of flooding. The results helped to test the hydraulic functioning of the structure and determined the expected flow that can be discharged under design conditions.© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.