A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Structural Evaluation of Eisenhower and Snell Locks, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Massena, New York
The Eisenhower and Snell Locks were constructed between 1955 and 1958 as part of an international cooperative effort to build the Saint Lawrence Seaway. In February 1990, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation requested that the Corps of Engineers perform a structural evaluation study of these two locks to determine the adequacy of the existing locks considering present conditions and future needs, and to determine the advisability of their rehabilitation. The study focuses on the internal structural integrity of the chamber wall monoliths at each lock. The study consisted of three phases: (1) Perform field tests and laboratory tests to determine the current state of the in situ concrete in the chamber wall monoliths and the concrete properties needed for the stress analyses; (2) determine the state of stress within the chamber wall monoliths using nonlinear, two-dimensional, soil-structure interaction finite element analyses; and (3) use dynamic finite element analyses of two monoliths to assess their structural integrity during earthquakes. To support the dynamic analysis, a geological seismological investigation was conducted to provide the ground motions, time histories, and corresponding response spectra that could be expected during a seismic event in the region.
Structural Evaluation of Eisenhower and Snell Locks, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Massena, New York
The Eisenhower and Snell Locks were constructed between 1955 and 1958 as part of an international cooperative effort to build the Saint Lawrence Seaway. In February 1990, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation requested that the Corps of Engineers perform a structural evaluation study of these two locks to determine the adequacy of the existing locks considering present conditions and future needs, and to determine the advisability of their rehabilitation. The study focuses on the internal structural integrity of the chamber wall monoliths at each lock. The study consisted of three phases: (1) Perform field tests and laboratory tests to determine the current state of the in situ concrete in the chamber wall monoliths and the concrete properties needed for the stress analyses; (2) determine the state of stress within the chamber wall monoliths using nonlinear, two-dimensional, soil-structure interaction finite element analyses; and (3) use dynamic finite element analyses of two monoliths to assess their structural integrity during earthquakes. To support the dynamic analysis, a geological seismological investigation was conducted to provide the ground motions, time histories, and corresponding response spectra that could be expected during a seismic event in the region.
Structural Evaluation of Eisenhower and Snell Locks, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Massena, New York
R. L. Mosher (author) / T. L. Bevins (author) / B. D. Neeley (author)
1991
306 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Soil & Rock Mechanics , Geology & Geophysics , Saint Lawrence Seaway , Army Corps of Engineers , Concrete , Dynamics , Earthquakes , Field tests , Finite element analysis , Geology , Ground motion , History , Internal , Laboratory tests , New York , Rehabilitation , Reliability , Response , Seismology , Spectra , Stress analysis , Stresses , Structural properties , Test and evaluation , Time , Locks(Waterways) , Structural analysis , Soil structure interactions , Eisenhower Lock(New York) , Snell Lock(New York) , Structural response , Saint Lawrence Seaway(New York) , Massena(New York) , Site investigation , Boring logs , Seismicity , Repair , Maintenance
Investigation of concrete in Eisenhower and Snell Locks st. Lawrence seaway
Engineering Index Backfile | 1967
American locks of St. Lawrence Seaway
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1958