The Physical Model Study of the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway System
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The Physical Model Study of the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway System
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2008-08
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St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
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Folsom Dam, located on the American River, about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento, CA, was
built in 1950 for flood control, water supply, electric power, and recreation. A new assessment of
the probable maximum flood (PMF) has been made which requires the design and construction
of a new outlet system to address dam safety. The new outlet system is an auxiliary spillway
which includes a gated control structure, a 2%, 2000 ft long chute ending at a stepped spillway
and a stilling basin downstream of the spillway. The physical model of the control structure is
currently under investigation at the Utah Water Research Laboratory of the Utah State University
in Logan, Utah. The focus of this physical model study was the entire auxiliary spillway system,
except the control structure. This model utilized a single sluice gate across the entire width for
flow control instead of a series of taintor gates, each located in a bay.
A 1:26 Froude scaled model of the auxiliary spillway was built in the main channel of the St.
Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) to study operation of the stepped spillway and the stilling
basin under varying hydraulic conditions by the control structure, headwater elevations in the
reservoir and tailwater elevations. The extent of the model was from station 9+15, located 198 ft
upstream of the control structure piers, to station 43+52, located 215 feet downstream of the final
design of the stilling basin.
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Associates California Engineers LLC; Sacramento District of the US Army Corps of Engineers
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Lueker, Matthew L.; Mohseni, Omid; Gulliver, John S.; Schulz, Harry; Christopher, Richard A.. (2008). The Physical Model Study of the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway System. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/115338.
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