Hawser load information for tows moored to the downstream guide wall was needed by the U.S. Army Engineer District, Nashville, to aid in the design of the discharge outlet and guard wall for the 1,200-ft-long lock addition proposed at the Kentucky Lock and Dam. The hawser load is simply the pull or tension in the mooring lines when a tow is tied to the wall. Review of the existing literature revealed that no data concerning this type of information were available. To obtain the necessary information, experiments were performed to determine the hawser loads experienced by tows moored to the lower guide wall of the existing 6OO-ft-long navigation lock and to develop an allowable hawser load. The existing Kentucky Lock is located on the Tennessee River approximately 20 miles southeast of Paducah, KY (Figure 1). The project consists of a gated spillway to regulate river flows, a powerhouse for hydroelectric power generation, and a 600-ft-long navigation lock for moving industrial tow traffic and recreational boats through the project. Products from 20 States pass through the system of Kentucky and Barkley locks, the lowermost locks on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, respectively. Traffic levels are expected to increase in the future, and an additional 1,200-ft-long by 110-ft-wide lock is projected to be necessary to satisfy future capacity requirements.
Hawser Load Test of Tow Moored to Downstream Guide Wall, Kentucky Lock, Kentucky
1999
35 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Marine Engineering , Loads(Forces) , Mooring , Requirements , Capacity(Quantity) , Cables , Tension , Flow , Rivers , Kentucky , Hydraulics , Barges , Spillways , Locks(Waterways) , Gate valves , Tennessee river , Hawser load , Kentucky lock and dam
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