Lock and Dam No. 8, Arkansas River Navigation Project. Hydraulic Model Investigation.

Abstract

Lock and Dam No. 8 will consist of a 110- by 600-ft lock and a 1120-ft-long, gated, nonnavigable dam. A movable-bed model reproducing 11.0 miles of the Arkansas River, with a horizontal scale of 1:120 and a vertical scale of 1:80, was used to determine: (a) the suitability of the proposed site for the lock and dam structure; (b) adequacy of proposed regulating works in the reach upstream and downstream of the structures and modifications required to provide adequate channel dimensions and satisfactory navigation conditions with minimum maintenance; and (c) relative effectiveness of various sizes of initially dredged channels in a section of river similar to the section reproduced in the model downstream of the dam.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763174

Entities

People

  • Cody D. Mckellar Jr.
  • John J. Franco

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arkansas
  • Arkansas River
  • Hydraulic Models
  • Maintenance
  • Models
  • Navigation
  • Rivers

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.