Print Email Facebook Twitter The gelsluice, an innovative idea for the present sluice structures Title The gelsluice, an innovative idea for the present sluice structures Author de Gijt, J.G. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk; Gemeente Rotterdam) Heester, B.A. (Antea Group) Contributor Park, J.W. (editor) Ay Lie, H. (editor) Hardjasaputra, H. (editor) Thayaalan, P. (editor) Date 2017-12-30 Abstract Sluices have been built worldwide since in 984 when the first sluice was built in China to speed up the operations in the Grand canal. Since that time different types of sluices have been developed world wide both in size and material use and their own shipping and structural characteristics. One of the main drawbacks of the present sluice designs is the waiting time. This problem of the waiting time is in principle overcome by the design of the gelsluice (gellock). This paper describe the development of sluices construction in general and with the emphasis on the characteristics of the innovative gelsluice. A preliminary design of the gelsluice will be discussed and presented. Finally some recommendations are presented for further research to improve the design of the gelsluice. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21c882df-8fac-4b8c-ae47-a52191e33206 DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201713801004 Source The 6th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum, 138 Event The 6th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum, 2017-08-22 → 2017-08-25, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Series MATEC Web of Conferences, 2261-236X, 138 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2017 J.G. de Gijt, B.A. Heester Files PDF matecconf_eacef2017_01004.pdf 597.04 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:21c882df-8fac-4b8c-ae47-a52191e33206/datastream/OBJ/view