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Full-scale and model studies of ship lock blockage
Cooper, D.H. (1982). Full-scale and model studies of ship lock blockage, in: Hydraulic Modelling in Maritime Engineering: proceedings of the conference organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in London on 13-14 October 1981. pp. 45-52
In: (1982). Hydraulic Modelling in Maritime Engineering: proceedings of the conference organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in London on 13-14 October 1981. Thomas Telford: London. ISBN 0-7277-0154-1. 146 pp., more

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Keywords
    Modelling
    Models > Scale models
Author keywords
    Ship locks; Scheepssluizen

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  • Cooper, D.H.

Abstract
    When a ship enters a lock with limited side and underkeel clearances it experiences a hydraulic resistance caused by the limited space available for the displaced water to flow past the hull. In consequence the locking operation may take longer than anticipated with the risk of a ship being grounded on the outer sill of the lock on a falling tide. As a result of this three part study ship operators can now predict the time taken to enter a lock under high blockage conditions.

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