Hydraulic structure II Assignment

1. List down the Ethiopian major river basins and including their surface and
underground water resources potential:

• Location

• Geographic features

• Available potential surface and underground water resources

• Major developments in the river and its priority in the country.

• Identify the major problems in the river basin

Example 3.3.

2. A weir with a vertical drop is proposed to be constructed having the

following information:

 Nature of bed: Coarse sand (Bligh’s C = 12)

 Flood discharge, Q = 300m3/s

 Height of weir body, H = 2m

 Height of falling shutter = 0.60m

 Afflux = 0.50m

 Specific gravity of material = 2.40

3. Design the length and thickness of aprons and draw the cross-sections of
the weir. Reasonably assume any missing data.
Re design the problem given in example 3.3 (analysis) check pressure head at
varies point and its safety against

 piping

 Uplift pressure

 Draw HGL

 Design protection work(u/s & d/s)

Project Work
For the given data design all including protection work and check both its
structural stability (sliding & overturning) and safety for flow through sub surface
causes. (use Blighs and khoslas theory)
 Maximum flood discharge = 2585 m3/s
 H.F.L. before construction = 255 m
 Minimum water level = d/s bed level = 248 m
 F.S.L. of canal = 254 m
 Coefficient of creep, C = 12 Head loss in the canal head regulator = 0.2 m
 Average river bed material size = 0.2 mm
 Exit gradient (GE) = 1/6)
 Assume any other data not given