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Design of Surge Shaft:

1. Properties
Unit Weight of water 9.81 m3/s
Concrete grade 25 N/mm2
σcbc 8.5
modular ratio m 10.98039
rebar grade 500 N/mm2
psf for concrete 1.5
Permissible compressive stress i 16.66667 N/mm2
Permissible tensile stress in concrete, σt N/mm2
2.857738
Inner radius of shaf a 6m
External radius of shab 6.9
Water head to be considered 62 m
Minimum thickness of wall 300 mm
Rock Youngs modulus of elasticity, ER
60000000 kN/m2
Concrete Youngs modulus of elasticity,
25000000 EC kN/m2
Rock poisson's ratio, μR 0.25
Concrete Poisson's ratio, μR 0.175
MR 4
MC 5.714286

2. Analysis
pressure due to internal water only,q
608.22
a kN/m2
total pressure that can be share 1660.557
Rock efficiency percentage 20%
pressure shared by rock 332.1114 kN/m2
Effective pressure to be resisted 276.1086 kN/m2
External radius of shab 6.223104 m
Initially assumed Thi t 0.3 m

3. Reinforcement design:
Hoop tension in cylindrical wall 1656.651 kN
Design ultimate hoop tension 2484.977 kN
Area of hoop reinforcement req 5712.591 mm2

Provide 32 mm diamet 140 mm c/c


Ast,provid 5744.627 mm2

4. Check for tensile stress in concrete:


thickness provided 300 mm
thickness required 516.629
So,
Final thickness provided 900 mm

5. Design Result
i. Wall thi 900 mm
ii. Reinforcement:
Diameter 32 mm
Reinforcem 140 mm

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