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Upstream emergency dam, Cheatham Lock, Cumberland River, Tennessee
Tests conducted on 1:12 scale model were concerned initially with determination of force required to raise flat skin plate wickets under emergency conditions; use of curved skin plate resulted in more stable wicket with shorter strut arms; maximum force required to raise curved wicket with 12-ft head differential was about one and one half times maximum force required to raise wicket in still water.
Upstream emergency dam, Cheatham Lock, Cumberland River, Tennessee
Tests conducted on 1:12 scale model were concerned initially with determination of force required to raise flat skin plate wickets under emergency conditions; use of curved skin plate resulted in more stable wicket with shorter strut arms; maximum force required to raise curved wicket with 12-ft head differential was about one and one half times maximum force required to raise wicket in still water.
Upstream emergency dam, Cheatham Lock, Cumberland River, Tennessee
U S Waterways Experiment Station -- Tech Memo
1953
18 pages
19 Supp Plates
Article (Journal)
English
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