Customer:
Consorzio di bonifica Alta Pianura Veneta
Place:
Trissino-Tezze (VI), Italy
Year:
2017
Description of works:
Supply and installation of:
- no. 3 manual sluice gates 1,5x1,5 m, 4 sides sealed, hydrostatic head 7,6 m, in stainless steel AISI 304
- no. 1 manual sluice gate 1,5x1,0 m, 4 sides sealed, hydrostatic head 4,3 m, in stainless steel AISI 304
Numbers
Volume of reservoir: 2.7 million cubic meters
Construction material: AISI 304
Maximum hydraulic head: 7.5 meters
Hydraulic thrust on each sluice gates: 15000 kg
Particular notes
The equipment is used as intake structure and return structure of the retarding basin of the Agno torrent, to protect the inhabited areas of the valley.
The work was designed and built after the disastrous flood of November 2010.
Curiosity...
Before the realization of the work, a physical model of the system was realized, on a reduced scale, for the purpose of the hydraulic verification of the designed works.
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