Spillway and Outlet Works, Fort Randall Dam, Missouri River, South Dakota: Hydraulic Model Investigation.

Abstract

Model investigations of Fort Randall Dam were concerned primarily with the hydraulic performance of the chute-type, gate-controlled spillway and four 22-ft-diameter, gate-controlled flood-control tunnels; however, a study also was made of the passage of diversion flows through the flood-control and eight 28-ft-diameter power tunnels. Three undistorted models were used in accomplishing the investigations: (a) a 1:100-scale comprehensive model for study of spillway flows, (b) a 1:50-scale model of the stilling basin for the flood-control tunnels and of the temporary stilling basin for dissipating the energy of diversion flows through the power tunnels, and (c) a 1:25-scale model of the flood-control tunnel.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0760939

Entities

People

  • T. E. Murphy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dams
  • Diameters
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Hydraulic Models
  • Missouri River
  • Models
  • Scale Models
  • South Dakota
  • Spillways
  • Stilling Basins

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.