Publication

Monitoring of steel-lined pressure shafts and tunnels

Anton Schleiss
2011
Journal Articles

Abstract

A new-intrusive monitoring method to detect the local drop of wall stiffness of shafts and tunnels at hydro plants has been developped in Switzerland. The method is based on the waterhammer and the fluid-structure interaction phenomenon. An overview is presented here of the status of the ongoing work in this field, includes a short state-ot-the-art-review, a description of the physical scale model with some tests results, and a description of an in-situ measurement system which acquires pressure records from the shaft of a pumped-storage in the Swiss Alps.

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/522af042-8f6c-4525-ad67-252791a608d1

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Graph Chat

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.

Anton Schleiss
2011
Journal Articles

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/522af042-8f6c-4525-ad67-252791a608d1

About this result

Related concepts (9)

Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions. The Swiss Alps extend over both the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, encompassing an area sometimes called Central Alps.

Alps

The Alps (ælps) are the highest and most extensive mountain range that is entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Slovenia, and Austria. The Alpine arch extends from Nice on the western Mediterranean to Trieste on the Adriatic and Vienna at the beginning of the Pannonian Basin. The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided.

Eastern Alps

Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south. The peaks and mountain passes are lower than the Western Alps, while the range itself is broader and less arched.