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BasicConceptOnCanalHeadRegulatororHeadsluicesAndItsFunction|CivilThought
BasicConceptOnCanalHeadRegulatorOrHeadSluicesAnd
ItsFunction
October12,2012 Environmental nocomments
CanalHeadRegulatororHeadsluices
Astructurewhichisconstructedattheheadofthecanaltoregulateflowofwaterisknownascanalhead
regulator.Itconsistsofanumberofpierswhichdividethetotalwidthofthecanalintoanumberofspans
whichareknownasbays.Thepiersconsistofnumbertiersonwhichtheadjustablegatesareplaced.
Thegatesareoperatedformthetopbysuitablemechanicaldevice.Aplatformisprovidedonthetopof
thepiersforthefacilityofoperatingthegates.Againsomepiersareconstructedonthedownstreamside
ofthecanalheadtosupporttheroadway.
FunctionsofCanalHeadRegulator:
Itregulatesthesupplyofwaterenteringthecanal
Itcontrolstheentryofsiltinthecanal
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Itpreventstheriverfloodsfromenteringthecanal
Thewaterfromtheundersluicepocketismadetoentertheregulatorbays,soastopassthefullsupply
dischargeintothecanal.Themaximumheightofthesegatedopenings,calledheadsluiceswillbeequal
tothedifferenceofPondLevelandCrestLeveloftheregulator.
Theentryofsiltintothecanaliscontrolledbykeepingthecrestoftheheadregulatorbyabout1.2to
1.5metershigherthanthecrestoftheundersluices.
Ifasiltexcluderisprovided,theregulatorcrestisfurtherraisedbyabout0.6to0.7meter.
Siltgetsdepositedinthepocket,andonlytheclearwaterenterstheregulatorbays.
Thedepositedsiltcanbeeasilyscouredoutperiodically,andremovedthroughtheundersluice
openings.
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