Navigation Conditions in Lower Lock Approach of Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, Snake River, Washington

摘要

Possible construction of facilities to improve passage of juvenile and adult migratory fish at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam on the Snake River, Washington, caused concern over the impacts to navigation especially in the lower lock approach. A 1:55-scale physical model of the project was used to help identify these impacts. Navigation conditions in the lower lock approach were determined for various discharges and barge configurations of rock dikes placed in the lower lock approach. The study revealed that the installation flow deflectors at Ice Harbor Dam caused adverse impacts to navigation in the lower lock approach. An intense eddy formed near the downstream guard wall, and the angle magnitude of the crosscurrent in the lower lock approach were larger than those with the no-deflector conditions. Several alternatives included the placement of four, 40-ft-diam circular cells, 120-ft on center, located downstream, parallel, and riverward of the lower guard wall.