Lock Gates and Other Closures in Hydraulic Projects

A valuable reference for protecting low-lying coastal areas and mitigating inland flood risk

Ryszard Daniel (Author), Tim Paulus (Author)

9780128092644, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 30 November 2018

993 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 5.9 cm, 2.56 kg

Lock Gates and Other Closures in Hydraulic Projects shares the authors practical experience in design, engineering, management and other relevant aspects with regard to hydraulic gate projects. This valuable reference on the design, construction, operation and maintenance of navigation lock gates, movable closures of weirs, flood barriers, and gates for harbor and shipyard docks provides systematic coverage on all structural types of hydraulic gates, the selection of gate types, and their advantages and disadvantages. The discussion includes the latest views in new domains, such as environmental impact of hydraulic gate projects, sustainability assessments, relation with the issues of global climate change, handling accidents and calamities, and the bases of asset management. Heavily illustrated, this reference provides a generous amount of case studies based on the author’s own and their colleagues’ experiences from recent projects in Europe, America and other continents.

1. Introduction2. Operation Profiles of Hydraulic Closures3. Structural Types of Hydraulic Gates4. Selection of a Gate Type5. Design Loads and Load Combinations6. Other Actions and Risks7. Structural Analysis8. Detailed Gate Design9. Auxiliary Structures and Systems10. Filling and Emptying Valves and Gates11. Introduction to Gate Drives12. Sustainable Gate Design13. Construction Materials14. Project Execution Control15. Maintenance Issues16. Handling Accidents and Calamities17. Hydraulic Gates in View of Asset Management

Subject Areas: Hydraulic engineering [TNF], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN]