%0 Journal Article %T Methods for Verification of Safety of the Sluice Gates in Water Power Plants %A Franti ek Trebu¨ľa %A Franti ek im ¨˘k %A Jozef Bocko %A Juraj Ga inec %J Acta Mechanica Slovaca %D 2009 %I %R 10.2478/v10147-010-0032-2 %X The aim of a paper is to show theoretical and experimental methods that are used in the process of evaluation of safe operation of sluice gates in water power plants. On several examples are represented various treatments that allow to provide identification of locations of possible failures on carrying elements of sluice gates. %K sluice gates %K safe operation %K stress and strain analysis %U http://versita.metapress.com/content/80v6k731p75m3p27/?p=274e6e5af91e46558db80fb954a0b48c&pi=1