When the gates are being installed near the river mouth, not only the flow-induced vibration, but also the dynamic effects by wave action are very important factors in construction. Usually these gates are designed as the double leaf wheel gate which has an upper and a lower gate. Particularly when the upper gate is installed at the sea side and the lower gate is positioned at the river side on a long span double gate, the upper gate has problems such as the vibrations by large uplift pressure due to wave action related with the structural problems. For this situation it is important to examine the dynamic effects of wave action on the gate. In this report, the results of dynamic response analysis of the upper gate are presented, when impulsive uplift pressure and periodically fluctuating pressure by the wave act. And the method to derive the dynamic deflection, the dynamic bending moment and the dynamic shearing force is proposed for dynamic structural analysis of the gate.
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