During a recent demolition I came across what appears to be a wire mesh supporting un-reinforced concrete. We used GPR scanning and could not find any reinforcing steel in the deck. Core drilling indicated that the slab was about 3 1/2" thick. The bar joists are placed about 2 feet apart. It...
SlideRuleEra - Thank you. Yes, that is the spec sheet. I see that the knife gate can mount to the flange of the pipe (The pipe is for outlet from a dam, so there is pipe on one side, and nothing on the other that I am aware of). The concern I had was that the knife gate will be so far down in...
Thanks Ron. That sounds reasonable. The other load case I thought about was when you are in the process of opening or closing the valve. If you have water rushing through the pipe and you are turning the handle to close the knife, I would think that there would be some resistance to that...
Good evening. Here is my question that I would love some advice on:
I am working with a civil engineer who has selected a knife gate valve to be installed on the flange of a pipe in an earthen dam. The pipe flange is on an angle parallel with the face of the dam. I have been asked to provide...
