Research by Tony Wahl | Research and Development Office

Tony Wahl

Reclamation Office: Technical Service Center, Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services
Contact Information: (303) 445-2155, twahl@usbr.gov

Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program

Tony Wahl began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2004 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2022 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Condition Assessment, Improving Geotechnical Infrastructure Reliability, Agriculture Water Supplies, Public and Employee Safety and Sediment Management and River Restoration.

The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Tony Wahl is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.

Boundary Layer and Aerated Flow Effects on Hydraulic Jacking in Spillway Chutes

Project ID: 22039
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2022 - 2024
Research Results: contact Tony Wahl

Tools to Support Design of Coanda-Effect Screens for Debris Exclusion and Fish Protection

Project ID: 19233
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2019 - 2020
Research Results: Tools to Support Design of Coanda-Effect Screens for Debris Exclusion and Fish Protection (final, PDF, 5.1MB)

Uplift Pressure and Flow through Open Offset Joints in Spillway Chutes

Project ID: 19170
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2019 - 2021
Research Results:

Uplift Pressure and Flow through Open Offset Joints in Spillway Chutes (final, PDF, 2.8MB)
Uplift Pressure and Flow through Open Offset Joints in Spillway Chutes (final, PDF, 2.8MB)

Improving Coanda-Effect Screen Technology

Project ID: 6295
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2015 - 2017
Research Results:

Improving Coanda-Effect Screen Technology (final, PDF, 1.7MB)
Improving Coanda-Effect Screen Technology (final, PDF, 1.7MB)

Measuring Erodibility of Embankment Soils Containing Gravel

Project ID: 4104
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2012 - 2013
Research Results: Measuring Erodibility of Gravelly Fine- Grained Soils (final, PDF, 1.4MB)

Flow Calibration of Submerged Sluice Gates

Project ID: 2597
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2012
Research Results: Project Completion Report - Flow Calibration of Submerged Sluice Gates (final, PDF, 51KB)

Physical Hydraulic Modeling of Canal Breaches

Project ID: 8442
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2010 - 2012
Research Results: Project Completion Report - Physical Hydraulic Modeling of Canal Breaches (final, PDF, 52KB)

Applying Measurements of Cohesive Soil Erodibility

Project ID: 6226
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2010
Research Results:

Relating HET and JET test results to internal erosion field tests (final, PDF, 509KB)
A comparison of the hole erosion test and jet erosion test (final, PDF, 509KB)

Wall Gage Creator software home page (final, PDF, 55KB)
Flow Calculator Simplifies Use of Sharp-Crested Weirs for Accurate Measurement of Water Deliveries (final, PDF, 55KB)
WinFlume Simplifies Open-Channel Flow Measurement (final, PDF, 55KB)

TFLI Water Level Sensor Development

Project ID: 3593
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2006 - 2007
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.