Design of Hydraulic Gates

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CRC Press, 2014 M05 29 - 442 páginas
Revised and updated, this second edition of Design of Hydraulic Gates maintains the same goal as the original: to be used as a textbook and a manual of design of gates, presenting the main aspects of design, manufacture, installation and operation of hydraulic gates, while introducing new products, technologies and calculation procedures. This edit
 

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1 Introduction
1
2 Types of gates
17
3 Basis for selection of gate type
85
4 Hydrostatics
103
5 Structural design
117
6 Embedded parts guides and supports
159
7 Estimating gate weights
195
8 Hydrodynamic forces
211
10 Aeration
251
11 Gate hoists
265
12 Materials
295
13 Gate seals
307
14 Manufacture transportation and erection
335
15 Trends and innovation in gate design
357
16 Intake gates
377
17 Intake trashracks
395

9 Gate operating forces
237

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Brazilian engineer Paulo Erbisti graduated in mechanical engineering and has amassed considerable experience working on numerous hydromechanical projects, contributing greatly to hydropower/dam engineering over the last few decades in South America, Africa and Asia. He has worked on many important projects including Itaipu, Belo Monte, Tucurui, Gotvand, Tarbela, Capanda, Guri and Tocoma. Erbisti is a visiting professor on the topic of hydraulic gate design for the post-graduate course of hydraulic engineering at the University of Paraná, Brazil. He is a member of the consulting board of the International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, UK. In 2011, he was elected by International Water Power & Dam Construction magazine as one of twenty people believed to have made the biggest difference to the sector over the last decade.

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