NSPE-CA Visit to the San Francisco Bay Model

NSPE-CA Visit to the San Francisco Bay Model

The Bay Model Visitor Center contains a working hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta System.

By NSPE-California

Date and time

Thursday, May 9 · 10 - 11:30am PDT

Location

Bay Model Visitor Center

2100 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA 94965

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

NSPE-CA has arranged a group tour of the Bay Model specifically for engineers. The model provides scientists, educators and visitors interested in San Francisco Bay a unique opportunity to view the complete bay-delta system at a glance.

Join other engineers as we tour this unique resource. While the Bay Model is still operational, it is no longer used for scientific research but is instead open to the public alongside educational exhibits about Bay hydrology.

Registration ends May 1.

See a brochure of the model at https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Portals/68/docs/Bay%20Model/BayModelTourBrochure.pdf?ver=2020-05-28-135244-433

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Frequently asked questions

Professional Development Hours

A certificate for 1 PDH will be provided to attendees.

Scale of Model

The scale of the model is 1:1000 on the horizontal axis and 1:100 on the vertical axis. The model operates at a time scale of 1:100.[6] The model is distorted by a factor of ten between the horizontal and vertical scales. The distortion is designed into the model to ensure a proper hydraulic flow o

Size and Scope of Model

The model is approximately 320 feet long in the north-south direction and about 400 feet long in the east-west direction. It is constructed out of 286 five-ton concrete slabs joined together like a jigsaw puzzle. Features that affect the water flow of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin

Organized by

NSPE-California