Sluice gate

Abstract

A tank arrangement, duplicate cross-sectional restrictions, side roller block, openable reaction roller, openable bottom seal, reaction axle, openable side seal, gate slot inserting steps and a stress reduction cross-sectional restriction are presented to implement an emerging movement type opening/closing gate equipped with advantageous torsion structure. The arrangement enables a gate body to be operated in submerged-body state, the cross-sectional restrictions can correspond to both high tide pressure and tide flow pressure which are different in qualities, the side roller block, the openable reaction roller and the openable bottom seal resolve spatial interference problems in gate operation, compact reaction axles which endure big load enables cross-sectional restriction points at a narrow gap in a storage space, the openable side seal and the gate slot inserting steps prevent side seal rubber from damage and the stress reduction cross-sectional restriction can cut high tide pressure torsion moment by more than 50%.

Claims

1. A sluice gate comprising a gate body mounted in a direction vertical to a sluice connected to a sea, stored within a storage space on a bottom of said sluice when in an opened state, and rising from said storage space to move to a position vertical to said sluice when in a closed state, characterized in that said gate body has a torsion type structure characterized by a thin wall closed cross section and a cross sectional restriction wherein a vertical cross section of said gate body is restricted by a point, said gate body, when in said closed state, comprises a cross sectional restriction point wherein said thin wall closed cross section withstands high tide pressure, and a reaction roller contacting an inner face of said storage space to withstand tide flow pressure, and said reaction roller is an opening and closing operation type.

2. A sluice gate according to claim 1, characterized in that said gate body comprises a bottom seal contacting said inner face of said storage space, and said bottom seal is an opening and closing operation type.

3. A sluice gate according to claim 2, characterized in that according to the restriction conditions of said cross sectional restriction point, rotation is unrestricted but parallel shift is restricted, and said cross sectional restriction point is arranged on a sea side.

4. A sluice gate according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that said gate body, when in said closed state, comprises a reaction axle engaging with a support bracket mounted on said storage space, wherein said support bracket and said reaction axle form said cross sectional restriction point during engagement, and said reaction axle comprises a plurality of hubs, each having an integrated bearing, and an axle mating part, mounted between said plurality of hubs and engaging with said support bracket, wherein a cross section of said axle mating part is the same shape as the inner face of said support bracket, thereby forming a bearing type connection.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIGS. 1A to 1F are explanatory drawings of an emerging movement type opening/closure tidal gate.

(2) FIGS. 2A to 2C are examples of cross-sectional restriction block for torsion structure emerging type.

(3) FIG. 3 is a explanatory drawing of sliding directions of a P-shape seal rubber on a seal sill.

(4) FIG. 4 is an example of tidal sluice gate planning data for embodiments.

(5) FIGS. 5A to 5D are total arrangements (plans and longitudinal sections) of Embodiment 1.

(6) FIGS. 6A to 6D are total arrangements (cross sections) of Embodiment 1.

(7) FIGS. 7A to 7C illustrate gate body inclinations and tank arrangements of Embodiment 1.

(8) FIG. 8 illustrates opening/closure operation force of Embodiment 1.

(9) FIGS. 9A to 9I illustrate support and sealing mechanisms of Embodiment 1.

(10) FIGS. 10A to 10G illustrate Embodiment 2. It is support bracket and reaction axle details of Embodiment 1.

(11) FIGS. 11A to 11H illustrate Embodiment 3. It shows a openable side seal detail.

(12) FIG. 12 illustrates Embodiment 3. It shows gate slot inserting steps in a table style.

(13) FIG. 13 illustrates Embodiment 3. It shows gate slot inserting steps in a drawing style.

(14) FIGS. 14A to 14E illustrate Embodiment 4. It shows stress reduction cross-sectional restriction arrangements.

(15) FIG. 15 illustrates Embodiment 4. It shows a result of FIG. 14.

EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

(16) FIG. 4 is an example of tidal sluice gate planning data. Concerning hydraulic conditions on FIG. 4, ordinary water height is given in the form of site depth and a tide difference at high tide water is given as 5 m. In short, the port side depth is 16 m and the sea side depth is 21 m at high tide. Tide level is always moving and the port side level at construction, maintenance, gate operation or high tide can not be constant. Nevertheless it is assumed because of a simplification that the port side sea level is constant and can be defined as a site depth since purpose of the planning data is a feasibility study. In this Description, the port side depth and the sea side depth at high tide are sometimes called as a site water level and a high tide level respectively. The steel weight in FIG. 4 is rough estimate excluding a ballast.

Embodiment 1

(17) FIGS. 5A-5D, 6A-6D, 7A-7C, 8, and 9A-9I are an example based upon the data of FIG. 4 and illustrates an emerging movement type tidal sluice gate.

(18) FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate the right half of tidal sluice gate viewed from a port side. FIG. 5A is a plan of a gate completely closed. FIG. 5C is a plan of a gate completely opened. FIG. 5B is AA section of FIG. 5A. FIG. 5D is BB section of FIG. 5C. A upper side on FIG. 5A and FIG. 5C is a sea side and a lower side on them is a port side.

(19) 5 denotes a gate body completely closed. 6 denotes a gate body completely opened. The sluice gate of FIGS. 5A-5D is in either state 5 or 6.

(20) 7 denotes a storage space of the gate body 5, 8 denotes a center line of the tidal sluice gate, 9 denotes an interval gate completely closed, 10 denotes an interval gate completely opened, 11 denotes a side roller block, 12 denotes a side roller guide, 13 denotes a watertight bulkhead, 14 denotes a cross-sectional restriction blocks, 15 denotes a bottom roller and 16 denotes a bottom roller mounting.

(21) A cross section of the gate body 5 and 6 is a closed thin shell section.

(22) FIGS. 6A-6D are cross sections of the sluice gate shown on FIG. 5. FIG. 6A is CC section of FIG. 5B FIG. 6B is DD section of FIG. 5B FIG. 6C is LE section of FIG. 5D. FIG. 6D is FF section of FIG. 5D. A right side on FIG. 6A thru FIG. 6D is a sea side and a left side on them is a port side.

(23) 17 denotes coupling wedges, 18 denotes a left balance tank, 19 denotes a right balance tank, 20 denotes a site water level and 21 denotes a high tide level. Parts which are identical on FIGS. 5A-5D are given identical reference numbers on FIGS. 6A-6D.

(24) FIGS. 7A-7C illustrate gate body inclinations and buoyancy and gravity which tie to the inclination, and arrangements of tank 18, 19 and 19a

(25) The gate body inclinations shown are in submerged body states of rising and descending cases and in floating body state. The inclination in a submerged body state is caused from roller frictions. The Inclination in floating body state is caused from a gap between a gate body gravity center and a buoyancy center, and a ballast is taken in the gate body to reduce the inclination. Roller friction is not considered in an inclination angle calculation since stability in floating body state is quite big (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 2: Gate body movement in floating body state and submerged body state. A working place and a direction of the forces which tie to the gate body inclination are shown by arrows on FIGS. 7A-7C).

(26) The tank arrangement includes a left balance tank 18, a right balance tank 19 and a descending tank 19a, total buoyancy of the balance tanks 18 and 19 is just a bit bigger than the gate weight and their buoyancy center conforms to the gate body gravity center and their roof height conforms to the site water level (refer to the left balance tank 18, the right balance tank 19 and the site water level 20 on FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B). The descending tank 19a is located in the right balance tank 19, its center conforms to the gate gravity center and a buoyancy volume of the balance tanks 18 and 19 subtracted by the descending tank 19a is just a bit smaller than weight of the gate body 5. The left balance tank 18 and the right balance tank 19 are in a state of submerged body and gate operation at working condition is made by pouring/discharging water into or from the descending tank (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 2: Gate body movement in floating body state and submerged body state).

(27) FIG. 8 illustrates descending force and rising force of opening/closure operation in submerged body state (descending and rising cases) and in floating body state. The gravity and the buoyancy in the figure correspond to the arrows on FIGS. 7A-7C. Opening/closure operation in floating body state is made by pouring/discharging water into or from a gate body.

(28) FIGS. 9A-9I illustrate support and sealing mechanisms of a gate body. FIG. 9A is a right end part detail of the completely closed gate body 5 shown on FIG. 5B FIG. 9B is AA section of FIG. 9A. FIG. 9C is BB section of FIG. 9A. FIG. 9D is CC section of FIG. 9A. FIG. 9E is Detail D of FIG. 9C FIG. 9F is Detail E of FIG. 9A. FIG. 9G is FF section of FIG. 9F. FIG. 9H is GG section of FIG. 9F and illustrates the cross-sectional restriction block 14. FIG. 9I illustrates a descending state of the completely closed gate body 5 of FIG. 9H.

(29) 22 denotes a main roller, 23 denotes a bottom seal rubber, 24 denotes a side seal rubber, 25 denotes a support bracket, 26 denotes a reaction axle, 27 denotes a reaction roller and 28 denotes a rotation axle of the bottom seal rubber 23 and the reaction roller 27. Parts which are identical on FIGS. 5A-5D or FIGS. 6A-6D are given identical reference numbers on FIGS. 9A-9I.

(30) The cross-sectional restriction block 14 consists of the support bracket 25, the reaction axle 26, the bottom seal rubber 23 and the reaction roller 27.

(31) High tide pressure working on the completely closed gate body 5 is supported by the support bracket 25 and the reaction axle 25 (a cross-sectional restriction point for high tide pressure). Torsional moment composed of the high tide pressure and its reaction force is carried to a right end of the gate body 5 through torsional rigidity and balances a coupling force working on the wedges 17. Tide flow pressure working on the gate body during opening/closure operation is supported by the reaction roller 27 (a cross-sectional restriction point for tide flow pressure). Torsional moment composed of the tide flow pressure and its reaction force is carried to a right end of the gate body 5 through torsional rigidity and balances a coupling force working on the main wheels 22 (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 1: Cross-sectional restriction corresponding to high tide pressure and tide flow pressure).

(32) The side roller block 11 is joined to the gate body 5 by an axle and spatial interference between the support bracket 25 and the reaction axle 26 during gate operation in construction or maintenance period is evaded by a change of gate position in a gate slot through the block 11 rotation around the axle (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 3.1: Interference of support brackets and reaction axles). The bottom seal rubber 23 and the reaction roller 27 are integral structure and an interval between a concrete wall and a gate body is opened by their rotation around the rotation axle 28 at construction or maintenance period. Spatial interference between the support bracket 25 and the bottom seal rubber 23 can be evaded by this interval openable procedure (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 3.2: Interference of support brackets and a bottom seal rubber). And spatial interference between the reaction roller 27 and the seal sill shown on FIGS. 2A-2C can be evaded also (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 3.3: Interference of a sealing sill and reaction rollers). Although rotation in a vertical plane around the rotation axle 28 of the bottom seal rubber 23 and the reaction roller 27 is presented here to solve their spatial interference problems through an interval openable procedure, the procedure can be also put into practice by rotation in a horizontal plane, parallel shift in a horizontal plane etc. Mechanism to realize these procedures can be a slide mechanic, link mechanic etc.

(33) The side seal rubber 24 is fixed on the gate body 5 and has no rotation axle such as the rotation axle 28 of the bottom seal rubber 23. Evading of the X marked stem direction sliding shown on FIG. 3 becomes a reality in gate slot inserting steps of the gate body 5 for construction or maintenance work (will be explained again later).

Embodiment 2

(34) FIGS. 10A-10G are an example based upon the data of FIG. 4 and illustrates details of the support bracket 25 and the reaction axle 26 of Embodiment 1.

(35) FIG. 10A is an enlarged view of FIG. 9I which is a side view of the cross-sectional restriction block 14. FIG. 10B is AA section of FIG. 10A and shows an elevation of the support bracket 25. FIG. 10C is BB section of FIG. 10A and shows an elevation of the reaction axle 26. FIG. 10D is CC section of FIG. 10C. FIG. 10E is DD section of FIG. 10C. FIG. 10F is EE section of FIG. 10C. FIG. 10G is FF section of FIG. 10C.

(36) 29 denotes hubs, 30 denotes oil-less bearings and 31 denotes an axle mating part of the reaction axle 26 where the support bracket 25 contacts the reaction axle 26. Parts which are identical on FIGS. 9A-9I are given identical reference numbers on FIGS. 10A-10G.

(37) A set of the support bracket 25 and the reaction axle 26 is installed at a narrow interval between a gate body and a concrete wall. A load working on it is high tide pressure and extremely big which goes to scale at 50 times of tide flow pressure load (approximately 1000 tf). The axle mating part 31 of the reaction axle 26 is hog-backed and formed according to a bearing surface design and the hubs 29 and the oil-less bearings 30 which are arranged at both ends of the reaction axle 26 are formed according to a static load design so that a set of the support bracket 25 and the reaction axle 26 may be compact sized. A bearing surface of the reaction axles 26 slides by max. 3.8 mm due to high tide pressure. Since tidal level change is slower pace (per 6 hours or so), a static load design application to the oil-less bearing 30 is possible (corresponding to previously mentioned (d) of (1) Loading conditions of high tide pressure of Problem 1: Cross-sectional restriction corresponding to high tide pressure and tide flow pressure).

Embodiment 3

(38) FIGS. 11A-11H, 12, and 13 are an example based upon the data of FIG. 4. FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 illustrate gate body inserting steps of the openable type side seal and Embodiment 1 type side seal which is hereinafter called as fixed type side seal or fixed type.

(39) FIGS. 11A-11H illustrate details of the openable type side seal. FIG. 11A is details of a left end part of the completely closed gate body 5 shown on FIG. 5B. FIG. 11B is details of a left end part of the gate body 5 of FIG. 11A when the gate body 5 is inserted into a gate slot during construction or maintenance work, FIG. 11C is Detail A of FIG. 11A. FIG. 11D is BB section of FIG. 11C. FIG. 11E is CC section of FIG. 11C. FIG. 11F is Detail D of FIG. 11B. FIG. 11G is EE section of FIG. 11F. FIG. 11H is FF section of FIG. 11F.

(40) 32 is a rotation axle of the side seal rubber 24. Parts which are identical on FIGS. 9A-9I are given identical reference numbers on FIGS. 11A-11H.

(41) Although a main subject FIGS. 11A-11H shows is a side seal rubber, a bottom seal rubber 23 is also shown since the bottom seal rubber 23 and the side seal rubber 24 spatially relate each other.

(42) A difference of the fixed type and the openable type is a part a corner rubber belongs to (bottom rubber or side rubber) and existence or not existence of the rotation axle 32 of the side seal rubber 24, and there is no difference in gate body operation at working condition and a difference appears in a gate slot inserting steps at maintenance period.

(43) FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 illustrate a gate slot inserting steps of the openable type (Embodiment 3) and the fixed type (Embodiment 1).

(44) FIG. 12 illustrates work content and open or close status of a side roller, a reaction roller, a bottom seal rubber and a side seal rubber of each step in a tabular form.

(45) FIG. 13 illustrates FIG. 12 schematically.

(46) The work contents of both types are exactly same at step 1 thru 3 and a difference of a side seal handling appears at step 4 and 5.

(47) In case of the openable type, the gate body 5 moves to its working position through a closure of the side roller at step 4 and a stem direction sliding which is shown by x on FIG. 3 is evaded through a closure of the side seal rubber at step 5 (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 4: Sliding in stem direction of a side seal rubber). All steps of the openable type are carried out in floating body state and the gate slot inserting step completes without the gate body 5 moves to its completely opened position.

(48) In case of the fixed type, the gate body 5 moves down to its completely opened position (=height of the gate body 6) at step 4, and then the gate body 5 moves to its working position through closure of the side roller at step 5. A stem direction sliding which is shown by x on FIG. 3 is evaded since a seal sill for a side seal rubber does not exists on a concrete wall at this gate position (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 4: Sliding in stem direction of a side seal rubber). Although step 5 is made in submerged body state, the remove operation of the gate body 5 is carried out with a help of bottom rollers 15 (refer to FIGS. 5A-5D) without any difficulties (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 2: Gate body movement in floating body state and submerged body state).

(49) Above steps are the case when a gate body is inserted into a gate slot and steps when a gate body is taken out is reverse to them.

Embodiment 4

(50) FIGS. 14A-14E and FIG. 15 are an example based upon the data of FIG. 4 and illustrate a cross-sectional restriction point arrangement to cut torsion moment through the use of buoyancy and its result.

(51) FIGS. 14A-14E illustrate a cross-sectional restriction point arrangement. FIG. 14A is a plan of a right end part of the completely closed gate body 5. FIG. 14B is AA section of FIG. 14A. FIG. 14C is BB section of FIG. 14B FIG. 14D is Detail C of FIG. 14C. FIG. 14E is Detail D of FIG. 14C FIG. 14E illustrates cross-sectional restriction point.

(52) Parts which are identical on FIGS. 5A-5D or FIGS. 9A-9I are given identical reference numbers on FIGS. 14A-14E.

(53) Different points from Embodiment 1 are cross-sectional restriction points against high tide pressure (the support bracket 25 and the reaction axle 26) are arranged on a sea side and top of the left and right balance tanks, 18 and 19, conforms to gate body top. Arrangements of cross-sectional restriction points against tidal flow pressure (the reaction roller 27) and the bottom seal rubber 23 are as same as Embodiment 1.

(54) FIG. 15 illustrates a result of cross-sectional restriction point arrangement alternative graphically. High tide torsion moment and torsion moments composed of high tide pressure and buoyancy in case of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 4 are shown on a lateral axis of sea side water depth. The site water depth is 16 m and high tide water depth is 21 m. Buoyancy impact on high tide torsion moment is 7% of increase in case of Embodiment 1, whereas 53% reduction in case of Embodiment 4. Although concrete wall cost may increase, a big cost merit dose not change (corresponding to previously mentioned Problem 5: Increase of torsion moment).

EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

(55) 5 Gate body (completely closed) 6 Gate body (completely opened) 7 Storage space 8 Center line of the tidal gate 9 Interval gate (completely closed) 10 Interval gate (completely opened) 11 Side roller block 12 Side roller guide 13 Watertight bulkhead 14 Cross-sectional restriction block 15 Bottom roller 16 Bottom roller mounting 17 Coupling wedge 18 Left balance tank 19 Right balance tank 19a Descending tank 20 Site water level 21 High tide level 22 Main roller 23 Bottom seal rubber (Bottom seal) 24 Side seal rubber 25 Support bracket 26 Reaction axle 27 Reaction roller 28 Rotation axle of reaction roller 27 and bottom seal rubber 23 29 Hub 30 Oil-less bearing 31 Axle mating part of reaction axle 26 where support bracket 25 mates 32 Rotation axle of side seal rubber 24