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Experiences of the Corps of Engineers
The discovery, in 1935, of severe pitting of the concrete in the conduit entrances of Madden Dam on the Chagres _River in the Isthmus of Panama prompted the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, to undertake later that year a program of model research on the subject of cavitation. The initial purpose of this research -was to develop a design of conduit entrance that would be free from cavitation. The program was later expanded to include a study of cavitation at gate slots in conduits and cavitation around baffle piers in stilling basins of high dams. The major part of this paper is devoted to a discussion of this model research and its effect on the design of structures that come under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.
Experiences of the Corps of Engineers
The discovery, in 1935, of severe pitting of the concrete in the conduit entrances of Madden Dam on the Chagres _River in the Isthmus of Panama prompted the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, to undertake later that year a program of model research on the subject of cavitation. The initial purpose of this research -was to develop a design of conduit entrance that would be free from cavitation. The program was later expanded to include a study of cavitation at gate slots in conduits and cavitation around baffle piers in stilling basins of high dams. The major part of this paper is devoted to a discussion of this model research and its effect on the design of structures that come under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.
Experiences of the Corps of Engineers
Harrold, John C. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 112 ; 16-42
2021-01-01
271947-01-01 pages
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