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Title: Effect of valve position on a sidewall port filling system, Newburgh Lock, Ohio River : hydraulic model investigation
Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Nashville District
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Huntington District
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Pittsburgh District
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville District
Farrell, James O.
Ables, Jackson H.
U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.)
Keywords: Hydraulic models
Hydraulic structures
Locks (Hydraulic structures)
Intakes
Filling and emptying systems
Newburgh Lock
Ohio River
Valves
Publisher: Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.)
U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station.
Series/Report no.: Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; H-68-4.
Description: Technical report
Abstract: This report presents results of tests to investigate the effect of the relative position of the filling valves and port manifold on lock filling characteristics in a sidewall port system for a 110- by 1200-ft lock. These tests are supplemental to generalized tests on a lock of this size (Cannelton Main Lock, Ohio River). Pressure and flow distribution data revealed that the most upstream port in the manifold must be at least 6.5 times the culvert height downstream from the filling valve in order to have this port out of the low pressure zone created by the valve. However, with as many as four ports in the low pressure zone no differences in filling time or hawser stresses could be detected from those obtained with the entire manifold downstream from the low pressure zone.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/13372
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