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Speaking in tongues - Deciphering the language of flood resilience for architects

Jargon Most industries and professions are guilty of it. It makes communication easier among those in the know but jargon can often isolate or shut out those who don’t quite understand it and the field of flood resilience is no different. In an attempt to bridge the gap between two related but often disparate fields, this article will demystify some terms that are used widely within ...

Free-surface flow simulations for discharge-based operation of hydraulic structure gates

We combine non-hydrostatic flow simulations of the free surface with a discharge model based on elementary gate flow equations for decision support in the operation of hydraulic structure gates. A ...

Rotork CK modular actuators provide reliable and economical automation

The Guangdong Panyu Sewage Treatment Plant in China has installed Rotork CK Range electric valve actuators to provide reliable and economical plant automation encompassing isolating and modulating valve control. The flexible, modular CK actuator ...

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Stoplog & Sluice Gate

A Hubert stoplog or sluice gate closes & dewater the channel for maintenance. Stop logs and sluice gates are essential parts of a sea water intake ‘screening train’, because it makes it possible to close and dewater the chanel for maintenance. A stoplog normally consists of a number of sections which are lowered into channels. During operation, these segments are added or removed as required to ...