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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/10719| Title: | Scour protection for Dam No. 7, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania : hydraulic model investigation |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Pittsburgh District. Murphy, Thomas E. Hite, John E. |
| Keywords: | Hydraulic models Riprap Monongahela River Scour Navigation dam Hydraulic structures |
| Publisher: | Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; HL-88-3. |
| Description: | Miscellaneous Paper Abstract: Lock and Dam No. 7, Monongahela River is a navigation project located 85 miles from the mouth of the river near the Pennsylvania-West Virginia state line. The dam is an uncontrolled fixed-crest type with a short horizontal spillway apron for energy dissipation. Model tests were conducted on a 1:25-scale section model of the dam, spillway apron, and a section of the river wall of the lock. The purpose of the model study was to determine sizing and configuration of materials necessary t o protect the area immediately downstream from the spillway apron from additional scour. A scour protection plan consisting of large grout-filled fabric bags placed downstream of the spillway apron and along the river wall of the lock and a 3-ft-high sloping end sill placed on the existing spillway apron was developed. This plan provided scour protection for all flow conditions anticipated at the project. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/10719 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous Paper |
