ABSTRACT

Revised 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

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|68 pages

Types of gates

chapter 3|18 pages

Basis for selection of gate type

chapter 4|14 pages

Hydrostatics

chapter 5|42 pages

Structural design

chapter 6|36 pages

Embedded parts, guides and supports

chapter 7|16 pages

Estimating gate weights

chapter 8|26 pages

Hydrodynamic forces

chapter 9|14 pages

Gate operating forces

chapter 10|14 pages

Aeration

chapter 11|30 pages

Gate hoists

chapter 12|12 pages

Materials

chapter 13|28 pages

Gate seals

chapter 14|22 pages

Manufacture, transportation and erection

chapter 15|20 pages

Trends and innovation in gate design

chapter 16|18 pages

Intake gates

chapter 17|25 pages

Intake trashracks