Hydraulic Design of Spillways

Abstract

This manual provides guidance for the hydraulic design of spillways for flood control or multipurpose dams. Procedures recommended are considered appropriate for structures suitable to most of the field conditions encountered in Corps of Engineer projects. Basic theory is presented as required to clarify presentation and where the state of the art, as found in standard textbooks, is limited. Both laboratory and prototype experimental test results have been correlated with current theory in the design guidance where possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1992
Accession Number
ADA402526

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Flood Control
  • Floodgates
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Froude Number
  • Geography
  • Geometry
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Standing Waves
  • Turbulent Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design