Webinar: Intro to Cavitation in Chutes and Spillways


This event qualifies for 2 PDHs


The on-demand course is intended to give the participants an understanding of cavitation on chutes and spillways. The course will be introduced with a video of a case study that illustrates some of the fundamentals of cavitation and an explanation of why cavitation causes damage. Following the video, a Power Point presentation will discuss the beneficial effects of aeration on preventing damage due to cavitation. The participants will be guided to an Excel Spreadsheet program that reproduces all the Fortran programs given in EM 42. The Spreadsheet can be used to analyze chutes and spillways for their hydraulic and cavitation performance, to design aerators, to determine the best vertical alignment to minimize cavitation inception, and to analyze the cavitation damage potential of historic data.

 

Five Learning Objectives of This On-Demand Course:

  • A clear understanding of cavitation and how it is formed.
  • A clear understanding of the difference between cavitation and cavitation damage.
  • The beneficial effects of aeration on preventing cavitation damage.
  • The required surface tolerance to prevent damage with and without aeration.
  • The availability of tools to study cavitation on chutes and spillways.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Henry T. Falvey
Henry T. Falvey & Associates, Inc.
Dr. Ing. Honorary Diplomate WRE

 

Henry T. Falvey has been president of Henry T. Falvey & Associates, Inc for 27 years. He retired from the USBR after 27 years with the Hydraulics Branch in the Research Division. He was the Senior Research Officer for 2 years with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He does both national and international consulting on the hydraulics of dams and has consulted or lectured on cavitation in 12 countries. He is the author of USBR Monograph 42, Cavitation in Chutes and Spillways, 1990. He is a lifetime member of ASCE and a member of both Sigma Xi and the International Association of Hydraulic Research. He has received awards from ASDSO, USSD, ASCE, and the USBR in recognition of his work pertaining to the hydraulics of dams and canals.

 

 

Relevant Government Agencies

Army, Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of the Interior, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, FEMA, Federal Government, State & Local Government, Foreign Governments/Agencies


Event Type
Webcast


This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities


When
Wed, Nov 6, 2019


Cost

Member:  $99.00
Non-Member:  $130.00


Website
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Organizer
Association of State Dam Safety Officials


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