Author(s): Felix Raemy; Willih Hager

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Abstract: The hydraulics of a flap gate are experimentally established. The device introduced assures a constant upstream water elevation with a suitably positioned counterweight. The control of the flap gate is purely hydraulic, and design parameters are deduced from the equation of moments.

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Year: 1997