Design of Hydraulic GatesRevised and updated, this second edition of Design of Hydraulic Gates maintains the same goal as the original: to be used as a textbook and a manual of design of gates, presenting the main aspects of design, manufacture, installation and operation of hydraulic gates, while introducing new products, technologies and calculation procedures. This edit |
Contents
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2 Types of gates | 17 |
3 Basis for selection of gate type | 85 |
4 Hydrostatics | 103 |
5 Structural design | 117 |
6 Embedded parts guides and supports | 159 |
7 Estimating gate weights | 195 |
8 Hydrodynamic forces | 211 |
10 Aeration | 251 |
11 Gate hoists | 265 |
12 Materials | 295 |
13 Gate seals | 307 |
14 Manufacture transportation and erection | 335 |
15 Trends and innovation in gate design | 357 |
16 Intake gates | 377 |
17 Intake trashracks | 395 |
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