1:25 scale model tests were carried out to determine adequacy of intake and discharge manifolds, maximum permissible lock filling and emptying rates, best location and spacing of sidewall ports and of bulkhead slots; tests approved original design in general but suggested 38 new ports in walls and better location for bulkhead slots.


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    Title :

    Filling and emptying system -- Old river navigation lock Louisiana


    Additional title:

    US Waterways Experiment Station -- Tech Report


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    52 pages


    Remarks:

    38 Plates


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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