Karahnjukar dam spillway: Comparison of operational data and results from hydraulic modelling

• Main Authors: Gardarsson, Sigurdur M., Gunnarsson, Andri, Tomasson, Gunnar G., Pfister, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Weir; Iceland
• Online Access: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/217258/files/2015-1060_Gardarsson_Gunnarsson_Tomasson_Pfister_%20Karahnjukar%20dam%20spillway%20Comparison.pdf; http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/217258

The Karahnjukar dam spillway is the spillway for the Halslon reservoir, the main reservoir for the 690 MW Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in East Iceland. The spillway consist of a 140 m long overflowing weir with a capacity of 2250 m3/s which discharges into a side channel, followed by a 450 m lo...