The influence of hydraulic forces on the selection of structural form

Report (1981)
Department
Hydraulic Engineering (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 1981 Glerum, A., Schippers, J.
More Info
expand_more

Published Date

01-10-1981

Reuse Rights

Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.

Source:

Internal report 1981-2; Bijdrage aan het IABSE Symposium on the selection of structural form, London, England, Sept. 1981

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Abstract

Besides that the hydraulic forces have an influence on the structure, the shape of the structure may often influence the hydraulic loads as well. A distinction should be made between hydrostatic forces which are for instance caused by a difference in head between two water levels and dynamic forces as e.g. loads resulting from the energy in waves. We give some examples of the structures which are mainly subject to hydrostatic loading. Recommendations have been discussed in order to reduce wave forces and are followed by examples

Files

138101.pdf
(pdf | 0.568 Mb)