A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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Impact of Reclamation's Hydraulic Laboratory on Water Development
The paper covers the history of Reclamations hydraulic laboratory from its inception in 1930 at Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado to the present. Emphasis is placed on the laboratorys historical role in developing new design concepts for hydraulic structures to meet Reclamations ever-increasing challenges over the past seventy years. The paper presents the design challenges associated with specific structures such as: Hoover Dam side channel spillway, Grand Coulee Dam spillway bucket, Hungry Horse Dam tunnel spillway, and more recently the aeration slot design developed for Reclamations tunnel spillways to prevent cavitation damage. During the 1950's and 1960's Reclamations hydraulic laboratory initiated an extensive research program to develop standard designs that eventually led to engineering monographs and manuals coauthored by hydraulic laboratory staff. The paper concludes with the hydraulic design challenges facing Reclamation in the next century. The water management issues associated with fish passage and water conservation as well as infrastructure security at numerous dams in the western U.S. are some of the hydraulic challenges in Reclamations future.
Impact of Reclamation's Hydraulic Laboratory on Water Development
The paper covers the history of Reclamations hydraulic laboratory from its inception in 1930 at Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado to the present. Emphasis is placed on the laboratorys historical role in developing new design concepts for hydraulic structures to meet Reclamations ever-increasing challenges over the past seventy years. The paper presents the design challenges associated with specific structures such as: Hoover Dam side channel spillway, Grand Coulee Dam spillway bucket, Hungry Horse Dam tunnel spillway, and more recently the aeration slot design developed for Reclamations tunnel spillways to prevent cavitation damage. During the 1950's and 1960's Reclamations hydraulic laboratory initiated an extensive research program to develop standard designs that eventually led to engineering monographs and manuals coauthored by hydraulic laboratory staff. The paper concludes with the hydraulic design challenges facing Reclamation in the next century. The water management issues associated with fish passage and water conservation as well as infrastructure security at numerous dams in the western U.S. are some of the hydraulic challenges in Reclamations future.
Impact of Reclamation's Hydraulic Laboratory on Water Development
P. H. Burgi (author)
2010
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
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