Modeling Ice Passage at Navigation Locks
Publication: Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Volume 18, Issue 3
Abstract
Physical and numerical models were used to assess ice passage at navigation locks, focusing on key factors such as the design of the lock filling and emptying system and the intakes to the lock filling culverts. Unconventional ice passage techniques such as manifolds in the miter gates were also evaluated. Physical model results were compared to field observations and to a parallel series of tests using the DynaRICE ice-hydraulic numerical model. The study focused on three general ice processes at locks: (1) ice accumulating near culvert intakes during lock filling; (2) drawing ice into the lock chamber; and (3) flushing ice out of the lock. Ice accumulation thickness in the upper lock approach was found to be the most important parameter affecting ice passage into the lock chamber. Physical and numerical model results compared reasonably well, proving DynaRICE to be a useful tool for assessing ice passage for new lock designs.
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Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Volume 18 • Issue 3 • September 2004
Pages: 89 - 109
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: May 14, 2003
Accepted: Sep 30, 2003
Published online: Aug 16, 2004
Published in print: Sep 2004
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