Wide Span Stilling Basin Deflectors (Width Greater Than 30 Feet)

Project ID: 5564
Principal Investigator: Leslie Hanna
Research Topic: Repair and Maintenance
Funded Fiscal Years: 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Keywords: None

Research Question

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Research Products

Bureau of Reclamation Review

The following documents were reviewed by experts in fields relating to this project's study and findings. The results were determined to be achieved using valid means.

Fontenelle Dam Flow Deflectors for Mitigating Abrasion Damage (final, PDF, 572KB)
By Leslie Hanna
Report completed on June 21, 2011

A physical hydraulic model study was conducted to evaluate the hydraulic characteristics of the Fontenelle Dam river outlet works stilling basin and to design a flow deflector or a series of flow deflector panels for the purpose of mitigating basin abrasion damage. The Fontenelle basin has a width of 62 feet that spans a distance much greater than any basin previously studied. As a result, the project presented the additional challenge of designing a deflector for the nonuniform flow condition

Not Reviewed

The following documents were not reviewed. Statements made in these documents are those of the authors. The findings have not been verified.

Fontenelle Dam Outlet Works Flow Deflectors !0-11-07 (final, PDF, 58KB)
By Leslie Hanna
Publication completed on October 11, 2007

Final revised "best performance" positioning for the Fontenelle Flow Deflectors

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