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"Revised and expanded 2nd edition of this core book covering the principal aspects of the design, manufacture, installation and operation of hydraulic gates. Analyses in depth the selection of the gate type, the limits of their use, estimating their weight, operative forces, hoisting systems, design of structure and support elements, seals and hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces. Inflatable gates and fusegates are also discussed, and new chapters on intake gates and intake trashracks have been added. Canbe used both as a text-book and manual for the design of gates, and includes worked examples, drawings and many photographs to illustrate the concepts and methods involved"--
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Types of gates; 3. Basis for selection of gate type; 4. Hydrostatics; 5. Structural design; 6. Embedded parts, guides and supports; 7. Estimating gate weights; 8. Hydrodynamic forces; 9. Gate operating forces; 10. Aeration; 11. Gate hoists; 12. Materials; 13. Gate seals; 14. Manufacture, transportation and erection; 15. Trends and innovation in gate design; 16. Intake gates; 17. Intake trashracks
About the author
Brazilian engineer Paulo Erbisti graduated in mechanical engineering and has amassed considerable experience working on numerous hydromechanical projects, contributing greatly to hydropower/dam engineering over the last few decades in South America, Africa and Asia. He has worked on many important projects including Itaipu, Belo Monte, Tucurui, Gotvand, Tarbela, Capanda, Guri and Tocoma. Erbisti is a visiting professor on the topic of hydraulic gate design for the post-graduate course of hydraulic engineering at the University of Paraná, Brazil. He is a member of the consulting board of the International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, UK. In 2011, he was elected by International Water Power & Dam Construction magazine as one of twenty people believed to have made the biggest difference to the sector over the last decade.
