Structure
The sluice with flap gate is used to control the water level of a weir of the new Niederfinow boat lift on the east end of the Oder-Havel Canal in Germany.
The width of the flap is 7 m (30 ft) and the total width of the structure is 10.4 m (34 ft). It is possible to dam up water to a maximum height of 5.6 m (18.4 ft).
The calculated structure consists of 3,244 nodes, 6 solids, 607 surfaces, and 187 members with 3 different cross‑sections. The object has a total mass of approximately 30 tons (33 US tons) and is made of S 355 steel.
| Location | Niederfinow Boat Lift Hebewerkstraße 70A, 16248 Niederfinow, Germany |
| Structural Engineering | Ingenieurbüro Ehlenz, Beckingen, Germany ibehlenz.com |
