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Cee4476b Lecture 14 PDF
Cee4476b Lecture 14 PDF
Email: abinns2@uwo.ca
Office: CMLP 1302
Phone: (519) 661-2111 ext.
88633
From: http://www.cee.mtu.edu/
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• Spillways are used at large and small dams to World’s 12th highest
pass flood flows earthen dam
– Prevent overtopping of
Philippines
dam
– Prevent failure of dam
• Primary importance
– Head-discharge relationship
for the structure
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• Pressure distribution on the face of the spillway • Concrete Ogee spillway
is also very important – Transfer large flood discharges safely from reservoir
to downstream river
– Associated with significant changes in elevation
– Associated with relatively high velocities
• Due to possibility of
cavitation and failure of
spillway surface
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• Concrete Ogee spillway • Coefficient of discharge of weir
– Recall sharp-crested weird equation
H = head above the spillway
(measured relative to spillway crest)
€
– For very high spillway, contribution of H/P becomes
negligible
• Cd approaches 0.611
- Effect of approach
H velocity
Cd = 0.611+ 0.08 - Vertical contraction of
P
water surface
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• Coefficient of discharge of weir (C) For lower
For lower spillways: spillways:
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• Crest length • Crest length
– Effective crest length L – Effective crest length L
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• COE (Corps of Engineers) design method • COE (Corps of Engineers) design method
– COE now recommends a more conservative
Gives!the!actual!pressure! design procedure of not allowing pressure to fall
distribu7on!on!a!high!
below (-15 ft)
spillway!with!no!piers!for!
H/Hd!varying!from!0.5!!!!!!! • In this approach, the minimum allowable pressure
to!1.5! becomes the controlling feature of design of spillway
! rather than a fixed value of He/Hd
Where!H!=!He&
Hp!=!pressure!head!=!p/γ"
At!H/Hd!=!1.00,!pressures!
are!very!close!to!
Fig. 6.3 (Sturm) atmospheric!
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• COE (Corps of Engineers) design method • COE (Corps of Engineers) design method
– Once the design head (Hd) is determined, the actual
shape of the spillway crest downstream of the apex
can be determined:
• “Downstream quadrant”
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• COE (Corps of Engineers) design method • COE (Corps of Engineers) design method
– “Upstream quadrant” – Elliptical shape – quarter of an ellipse
• Constructed from a • Tangent to the upstream face
compound circular curve
Example Solution
For a maximum discharge of 200,000 cfs (5666 m3/s)
and a maximum total head on the spillway crest of 64 ft
(19.5 m), determine:
- Crest length with no piers
- The minimum pressure on the crest
- The discharge at the design head for the standard
WES ogee spillway
The height of the spillway crest, P, is 60 ft (18 m).
Solution Solution
Solution
Lecture recap Suggested readings:
Chapter 6 (p. 229-238) in
Open Channel Hydraulics
• At the end of this by Sturm
lecture, you should be Tutorial:
able to: Work on Assignment #6
– Design spillways Upcoming deadline:
following the COE Assignment #6
method Monday, March 11, 2013
• Rounded crest
Laboratory Design Project
• Quarter-elliptical crest Progress Report
Monday, March 11, 2013