Determination of Lock Capacities Using Simulation Modeling.
Abstract
A major portion of the inland waterway system of the United States consists of a series of locks and dams and the navigation pools maintained behing these dams. With this type of waterway, the locks often serve as the major constraint to the growth of waterborne traffic on the waterway system. Thus, the determination of the capacity of a lock, both the physical limit and the economic capacity, is an essential element in the planning and design of a waterway system. In the past several years, computerized simulation models have effectively been used in determining the physical capacities of locks in the waterway systems and have provided basic information for the analysis of the economic capacities of these locks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA054086
Entities
People
- Larry L. Daggett
- Thomas D. Ankeny