Downstream piles are placed at the end of the downstream concrete floor to check exit gradients and their depth should exceed potential scouring. Weirs are equipped with either shutters or counterbalanced gates to maintain pond levels; shutters provide cheaper but slower control while gates enable better regulation by raising water levels during low supply and lowering shutters or raising gates respectively to manage high floods.
Downstream piles are placed at the end of the downstream concrete floor to check exit gradients and their depth should exceed potential scouring. Weirs are equipped with either shutters or counterbalanced gates to maintain pond levels; shutters provide cheaper but slower control while gates enable better regulation by raising water levels during low supply and lowering shutters or raising gates respectively to manage high floods.
Downstream piles are placed at the end of the downstream concrete floor to check exit gradients and their depth should exceed potential scouring. Weirs are equipped with either shutters or counterbalanced gates to maintain pond levels; shutters provide cheaper but slower control while gates enable better regulation by raising water levels during low supply and lowering shutters or raising gates respectively to manage high floods.
• These are placed at the end of the d/s concrete floor and their main function is to check the exit gradient. Their depth should be greater than the maximum possible scour. Shutters or Gates: • Weirs are provided either with shutters or counter balanced gates to maintain pond level. A shuttered weir is relatively cheaper but locks in speed. Better control is possible in a gated weir (barrage). Their function is • To maintain pond level. • To raise the water level during low supplies. • In case of higher floods, shutters are dropped down and overflow takes place while in case of gated weir, gates are raised during floods.
Irrigation Works: The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, with Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed Improvements