EiT M

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Assignment I on Gravity dam

Case I i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Reservoir full No tail water Uplift considered Drains working Horizontal earthquake acceleration upstream Vertical earthquake acceleration downward

Case II i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Reservoir full No tail water Uplift considered Drains working Horizontal earthquake acceleration acting upstream and vertical acceleration acting up. Silt considered

Hydraulic Structures I

by Mebrahtom G.

Assignment on Chapter Two

EiT M Case III i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Reservoir full up to 152 elevation No tail water Uplift considered Drains working

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Horizontal earthquake acceleration acting upstream and vertical acceleration action up Wave's force considered (hw = 1.5 m)

Case IV i. ii. iii. Reservoir upto EI. 152 m Drains chocked No earthquake

Case V i. ii. Reservoir Empty No earthquake

Selection of Dam Profile The preliminary dam section is chosen on the basis of existing dam section of similar height. Usually upstream face is vertical and downstream slope varies from 0.9 to horizontal to 1.0 vertical; the flatter slope being given when earthquake forces are acting on the dam and extra section is required. The position of the foundation gallery is about 0.1 H, where H is the dam height, from upstream face. In this case, a gallery at a distance of 7 m been provided. The top width of the dam is provided for the roadway and is usually taken 6 to 9m. In the present case, the dam is medium high and hence top width is taken 6.1 m only. Since the earthquake forces are very high in the problem, the downstream face slope is assumed as 0.9 horizontal to 1 vertical. The upstream face has been chosen as vertical in this case. There would however, be no difficulty in solving the problem if the upstream face is sloping in full or is partly sloping.

Hydraulic Structures I

by Mebrahtom G.

Assignment on Chapter Two

EiT M

Civil Engineering Department

Problem on Gravity dam

Hydraulic Structures I

by Mebrahtom G.

Assignment on Chapter Two

EiT M

Civil Engineering Department

Hydraulic Structures I

by Mebrahtom G.

Assignment on Chapter Two

EiT M

Civil Engineering Department

Hydraulic Structures I

by Mebrahtom G.

Assignment on Chapter Two