Experimental study of the bed morphology downstream of a sluice gate

This work describes an experimental study based on a simplified model of a vertical sluice gate installed in a channel with a moving bed of glass spheres with 2 mm diameter. The originated scour cavity and downstream dune were studied. The influence of the apron length and the downstream tailwater d...

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Main Author: Carvalho, L. (author)
Other Authors: Carvalho, E. (author), Aleixo, R. (author), Lima, M. M. C. L. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/56095
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/56095