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are designed to dissipate the energy from a water flow during reservoir discharge. They are a round pipe section with an adjustable sleeve gate and cone at the discharge end. Flow is varied by moving the sleeve away or towards its cone seat. The design allows high pressure water from the base of a
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most of the time, but in excessive flood conditions they are designed to topple forward, allowing the controlled discharge of water. Multiple fusegates are generally set up side by side, with each fusegate designed to release under progressively extreme flooding, thus minimizing the impact of the
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Hydroplus (Paris, France), subsidiary of GTM Entrepose. It has been installed on more than 50 dams around the world with sizes ranging from 1 m to more than 9 m in height. Fusegate are typically used to increase the storage capacity of existing dams or to maximize the discharge potential of
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Valves used in floodgate applications have a variety of design requirements and are usually located at the base of dams. Often, the most important requirement (besides regulating flow) is energy dissipation. Since water is very heavy, it exits the base of a dam with the enormous force of water
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are a mechanism designed to provide the controlled release of water in the event of exceptionally large floods. The design consists of free standing blocks (the fusegates) set side by side on a flattened spillway sill. The
Fusegate blocks act as a fixed
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used for floodgate discharge. A cone and seat are inside a pipe. Water flows through an annular gap between the pipe and cone when it is moved downstream, away from the seat. Ribs support the bulb assembly and supply air for water jet
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If the rectangular flood gate is submerged below the surface the same equation can be used but only the height from the water surface to the middle of the gate must be used to calculate the force on the flood gate.
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107:. In the case of flood bypass systems, floodgates sometimes are also used to lower the water levels in a main river or canal channels by allowing more water to flow into a flood bypass or
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in large levee systems slide sideways to open for various traffic. Bulkhead gates can also be made of other materials and used as a single bulkhead unit. Miter gates are used in ship
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are hollow gate sections that float on water. They are pinned to rotate up or down. Water is allowed into or out of the flotation chamber to adjust the dam's crest height.
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are similar to fixed cone valves, but have an integral collar that discharges water in a narrow stream. They are suitable for heads up to 50 m.
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system. Since most of these devices operate by controlling the water surface elevation being stored or routed, they are also known as
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are vertical walls with movable, or re-movable, sections. Movable sections can be lifted to allow water to pass underneath (as in a
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but with a conical restriction prior to the gate leaf that focuses the water into a jet. They were developed in the 1940s by the
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operation, the flow rate, whether the valve operates above or below water, and the regulation of precision and cost.
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pushing from above. Unless this energy is dissipated, the flow can erode nearby rock and soil and damage structures.
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are rotary gates consisting of cylindrical sections. They may rotate vertically or horizontally.
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length = the horizontal length of a rectangular floodgate measured in metres
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floodwater on the river downstream. The System was invented and patented by
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to set the dam's crest height. Some floodgates known as
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Other design requirements include taking into account
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846:– project in the Netherlands on floodgates
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210:hinged bascule crest gate during installation
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27:Adjustable gate used to control water flow
805:"Patents by Inventor Francois Lemperiere"
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30:For gates in a floodwall or levee, see
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827:Planning and Design of Navigation Dams
288:Drum gates are controlled with valves.
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83:systems. They may be designed to set
419:Discharge from a Howell-Bunger valve
782:. www.Hydroplus.com. Archived from
480:United States Bureau of Reclamation
48:floodgates created to protect from
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912:Integrated coastal zone management
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831:Chapter 5, Overview of gate types
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443:to be released without causing
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220:Fish belly flap gates at the
343:Clamshell floodgates at the
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637:acceleration due to gravity
629:of fresh water (1000 kg/m);
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603:{\displaystyle =\rho gh\,}
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270:Tainter gates and spillway
208:US Army Corps of Engineers
133:or wooden panels known as
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36:Floodgate (disambiguation)
29:
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506:Opened floodgates at the
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1153:Geotechnical engineering
170:gate at Harlan, Kentucky
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1122:Sand dune stabilization
833:. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
376:Typical fusegate sketch
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1074:Van der Meer formula
780:"Fusegate Operation"
639:on Earth (9.8 m/s );
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570:= force measured in
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1163:Longshore transport
979:Cliff stabilization
902:Coastal engineering
758:Oosterscheldekering
365:François Lempérière
1173:Stream restoration
1024:Honeycomb sea wall
907:Coastal management
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258:Tainter gate
232:Radial gates
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155:Harran canal
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753:Delta Works
401:Mitre gates
392:Lake Kaweah
331:Mississippi
135:flashboards
127:sluice gate
105:crest gates
101:storm surge
18:Flood gates
1188:Categories
989:Flood wall
974:Breakwater
922:Submersion
889:Management
790:2013-11-21
766:References
743:Canal lock
484:cavitation
476:gate valve
278:Drum gates
224:, Canberra
168:flood wall
61:stop gates
57:Floodgates
1199:Hydrology
1049:Revetment
994:Floodgate
969:Breachway
954:Accropode
897:Accretion
659:rectangle
657:= area =
591:ρ
355:Fusegates
187:flap gate
69:reservoir
1064:Tetrapod
697:See also
523:equation
243:bearings
240:trunnion
139:coupures
131:stoplogs
85:spillway
1059:Seawall
949:A-Jacks
820:Sources
665:×
635:is the
627:density
625:is the
619:where:
572:newtons
563:where:
516:Finland
491:Physics
445:erosion
260:diagram
93:sluices
50:typhoon
32:Coupure
1054:Riprap
1004:Groyne
999:Gabion
674:where:
667:height
663:length
623:ρ
612:pascal
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409:Valves
97:canals
77:stream
52:surges
1084:Xbloc
1079:Wharf
1034:KOLOS
1014:Levee
1009:Jetty
984:Dolos
959:Akmon
614:(Pa)
449:heads
143:locks
115:Types
81:levee
79:, or
73:river
46:Tokyo
1194:Dams
1044:Pier
1039:Mole
512:Oulu
360:weir
95:and
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