pmf = 8880 cumecs

glof 6830 cumecs

Total flood = 15710 cumecs

Flood value for Energy

Dissipation
Arrangement=60% 0f
total flood = 4440 cumecs
q= 111 cumecs/m
Arun 3 HEP
Max. Scour Calculation downstream of dam bucket as Per IS :
Full Reservoir Elevation
Dam bucket Lip Elevation =

ds = m (q H4)0.5 where ds = depth of scour in m below tailwater level;

m = constant= 0.36 for minimum expected scour)
= ( (0.54 for probable scour under sustained spillway operation)
= (0.65 for ultimate scour);
q = discharge intensity (m3/s )/m; and 111
H4 = reservoir pool elevation — bucket lip elevation, in m
H4 = 54.47

NOTES 1 Ultimate scour means the final stabilised scour. 2 Probable scour means the scour which may reasonably be expected in any in
3 Minimum scour means the minimum scour in any case.
qH4 = 6046.17

Depth of Scour below tail water level ,ds

= 41.9888458046
Tail Water Level = 800

Therefore elevation at which plunge pool

base concrete needs to be placed = 758.0111541954

Another formula to work out the probable scour is also given below for guidance: ds = 1.9 H 3 0.225 q0.54 when ds = depth of sc
tailwater elevation, in m.
Discharge Intensity per m of the bucket = 111
H3 = Reservoir pool elevation -Tail Water
Level = 45
Depth of scour below Tail Water Level = d 56.9116038866
Scour Depth as perresearch paper by
Yossef l Hafez,
Royal commission Yanbu Colleges and
Institutes, Yanbu
University College, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence: Youssef I Hafez, Royal
commission as per old approach is given
as Ds+h2 = Kqeqhehgegded[ ρ/(ρs-ρ]ρ
equilibrium scour depth at the plunge pool
scour holemeasured from original river bed
where D = level
s

downsream water depth= TWL-

h2 = RiverBedLevel
= 7.5
K= a coefficient
( (0.54 for probable scour under sustained
= spillway operation)
q= discharge per unit width
= 111
Full reservoir level/MDDL- downstream
h= water level
= 25
g= 9.81
d = bed material charcteristic diameter
= 0.55
ρ= density of water
= 1247.5
ρs= density of bed material grains
2200
eq,eh,eg,ed and ee are exponents whose values are determined experimentally and given in Table 1
Taking values from Table 1 for Veronese, eq=
eh=
eg=
ed=
eρ =
Substituting various values Ds=
Ds=

The Present Approach as per the paper

The flow jet force F = ρQV where

ρ=
=
Q=
=
V =
=
Jet falling head H = Highest level of jet
trajectory - Tail Water Level=

The flow jet force F = ρQV =

=
Vertical component of this jet force
=ρQVSinβ
The work done by gravity ,Wg on this vertical jet is equal to the vertical force time
vertical travelled distance i.e.Wg =ρQVSinβ*(H±h2+Ds)where β is the water
inclination to the surface water in the plunge pool

The volume of the scoured bed material in the scour hole is equal to the volume of a
volume of the scoured material in the conical scour h

where ρs is the specific weight of the bed material, ρ is the specific weight of the po
material and ϕ is the slope angle of the conic scour hole. This weight force of the sc
the center of gravity of the scour hole which is Ds /3 below the original river bed fo
done in moving this material out of the scour hole, Wo , is equal to the submerged w
as:

Wo = (ρs-ρ)(1-p)1/3Π(Ds/tanՓ)^2 DsDs/3

Substituting various values we get, Wo =

porosity of the river bed material p =
 Where SG is the specific gravity of the bed material. The work/energy transfer theor
by gravity on the jet flow is converted, or transferred to a work done in moving the
(Basic mechanics: the change in potential energy is equal to the work done). This res
(5), i.e., λ Wg = Wo where λ is an energy transfer efficiency coefficient accounting fo
taken as unity for simplification. Equalizing and solvin
Ds yield:

Wg =

Let Ds =
Therefore, λ = Wo/Wg =
Ds4 =9λ(tanՓ)2 QVSinβ (H±h2+Ds)/(Πg(SG-1)(1-p)
Փ=
=
=
SG=
=

Substituting various values in Equation 2 , we get

Ds4 =
Ds =

65536
256
16
236.77391937501
15.3874598090460
3.92268528039735
1.98057700693443
on downstream of dam bucket as Per IS : 7365 (2010)
845 m
790.53 m

sustained spillway operation)

cumecs/m

ur means the scour which may reasonably be expected in any individual case of sustained spillway operation.
m scour means the minimum scour in any case.

m
m

guidance: ds = 1.9 H 3 0.225 q0.54 when ds = depth of scour, in m; and H 3 = reservoir pool elevation minus
tailwater elevation, in m.

m
m
 Equation 1

m
m

0.054
cumecs/m
cumecs/m

m
m/sec2
m 0.12

kg/m3
kg/m3
kg/m3
kg/m3
perimentally and given in Table 1 2000
0.54
0.225
0
-0.42
0
Kqeqhehgegded[ ρ/(ρs-ρ]ρ -h2
2264.9424582505
 density of flow jet water
issuing from sluice section
bucket lip

1100 kg/m3
flow jet discharge m3/sec
888 m3/sec
velocity of flow jet
31 m/sec 12

6.07

30280800 kg
30280.8 tons

19464123.0513962
g on this vertical jet is equal to the vertical force times the
.e.Wg =ρQVSinβ*(H±h2+Ds)where β is the water jet
o the surface water in the plunge pool
Equation 4
β= 40 degrees
m by"Data if" command
Let Ds = 14.000
Wg = 536625872.52699 536625.87253

material in the scour hole is equal to the volume of a cone. The submerged weight of the
olume of the scoured material in the conical scour hole is

(ρs-ρ)(1-p)1/3Π(Ds/tanՓ)2Ds

f the bed material, ρ is the specific weight of the pool water, p is the porosity of the bed
e of the conic scour hole. This weight force of the scoured material is assumed to act at
ur hole which is Ds /3 below the original river bed for cone‒shaped volumes. The work
t of the scour hole, Wo , is equal to the submerged weight force times Ds /3 and is given
as:

Wo = (ρs-ρ)(1-p)1/3Π(Ds/tanՓ)^2 DsDs/3 Equation 5

39004.6650501307 Kg 536625872.53
0.4
 of the bed material. The work/energy transfer theory, Hafez , states that the work done
nverted, or transferred to a work done in moving the bed material out of the scour hole
potential energy is equal to the work done). This results in equality of equations (4) and
n energy transfer efficiency coefficient accounting for the various energy loses. λ may be
aken as unity for simplification. Equalizing and solving for
Ds yield:

ρQVSinβ*(H±h2+Ds) Since , H/h2= 14.8

536625873
14.000 m As H/h2 is >1, use +sign for h2
0.850
Փ)2 QVSinβ (H±h2+Ds)/(Πg(SG-1)(1-p) Equation 7a
slope angle of the conic scour hole
=angle of repose of the river bed material
30 degrees
specific gravity of the bed material.
2.2
56061.888896
s values in Equation 2 , we get

56061.889 m4
15.387 m

56061.8888962
236.773919375
3.9226852804 15.387459809