Model‐Determined Design Load on Actuator Cover Plate
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 117, Issue 5
Abstract
A 1:16‐scale hydraulic model of the actuator cover‐plate assembly of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Lock ice‐flushing system in the St. Lawrence River, operated by St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Massena, New York, is used to obtain basic design loads for a new assembly design. The ice‐flushing bypass system was originally installed in 1981 in the existing filling and emptying culvert. The model investigation includes tests of two basic layouts of the cover‐plate assembly that failed in the prototype and the determination of preferable configurations based on the measured live‐load pressures. The investigation reveals potential for cavitation damage due to extremely high velocities in the main culvert of the lock. The investigation also provides useful engineering data for redesigning the actuator cover‐plate assembly. The new prototype assembly has not experienced any problems in the past seven years.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
“Filling and emptying systems for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bestrand H. Snell locks, St. Lawrence Seaway project, hydraulic model investigation.” Report No. 71, U.S. Army Corps of Engrs., St. Paul District, St. Anthony Falls Hydr. Lab., Univ. of Minn., Minneapolis, Minn.
2.
Rouse, H., ed. (1950). Engineering hydraulics. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y.
3.
Stanley, W. (1975). Digital signal processing. Reston Publishing Co., Inc., Reston, Va.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 ASCE.
History
Published online: May 1, 1991
Published in print: May 1991
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.