Increasing the discharge capacity of free-flow spillways fivefold

  • F. Lemperiere, J-P. Vigny and A. Ouamane
  • Vol. 22 - Issue 6, 2015

A drawback associated with traditional free-flow spillways is their low specific discharge. This paper shows how a concept which could be termed ‘combining innovative spillways’ (CIS) could increase the discharge fivefold, at low cost. The idea is to combine two spillways: PK weirs and concrete fuseplugs.

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