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Jan 1955
Hydraulic Model Studies of Martin Dam Draft Tubes
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Volume 120, Issue 1
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Unusual performance characteristics were revealed by turbine acceptance tests made at the Martin Dam power plant in Alabama in 1927. Undesirable characteristics were subsequently shown to be related to flow conditions in the draft tubes. As a result of model tests made in 1928, the draft tubes were modified by installing a half-cone fillet in the heel of each tube. Field tests indicated that this structural modification had corrected the original deficiency. In 1951, however, divers inspected the draft tubes and reported that the fillets installed in 1928 had been destroyed in two of the three original units. In the third unit, the fillet was badly damaged.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 120 • Issue 1 • January 1955
Pages: 1399 - 1415
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© 1955 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Carl E. Kindsvater, M.ASCE
Prof. of Civ. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, Ga
Richard R. Randolph Jr.
Hydr. Engr., Southern Services, Inc., Birmingham, Ala
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