5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.1 General - Water Flows with high pressure and forces 5.2 Energy dissipation on spillways which could lead to distraction of any 5.3 Stilling basins object. – It has High Energy. 5.4 Plunge pools - This Energy has to be well managed or contained.
- Energy dissipation is termed the process by
which Energy is “Wasted”.
- Spillways and stilling basins are structures
designed to dissipate the energy which could be of considerable magnitude - Water that flows over any spillway acquires a lot of Kinetic Energy due to its conversion from Potential Energy into Kinetic Energy. - This High Flow of the water when discharged into the river has the ability to scour the river bed 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.1 General - Uncontrolled scouring may lead to the 5.2 Energy dissipation on spillways backward extension and damaging of the 5.3 Stilling basins spillway & the dam. 5.4 Plunge pools - This Can be controlled by dissipating the kinetic energy before it is discharged downstream the river channel.
- Energy Dissipation is attained by inclusion in any
dam the following; 1. Stepped Spillways 2. Stilling Basins 3. Plunge Pools 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.1 General 1. Stepped Spillways 5.2 Energy dissipation on spillways 5.3 Stilling basins - The importance of a well sized spillway 5.4 Plunge pools cannot be over emphasized. Spillway selection and design forms a very important aspect in the dam design process. - A stepped spillway is a spillway with steps on the spillway chute to assist in the dissipation of the kinetic energy of the descending water. This eliminates or reduces the need for an additional energy dissipater, such as a body of water, at the end of the spillway downstream. - The stepped spillway could either be incorporated in an over-flow spillway or non-overflow spillway. 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.1 General - 2. Plunge Pool 5.2 Energy dissipation on spillways 5.3 Stilling basins - This is a structure constructed below the water 5.4 Plunge pools fall or rapids to dissipate energy. - Others define it as an energy dissipater which is located downstream or at an outlet of a spillway. - The mechanism is to dissipate the energy of the water as the water is discharged into the plunge pool. 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.0 Energy Dissipation 5.1 General - 3. Stilling Basin 5.2 Energy dissipation on spillways 5.3 Stilling basins - This is an energy dissipating structure constructed 5.4 Plunge pools downstream. This is more or less an apron at the downstream of the dam. - Others term this as a basin-like structure were energy is dissipated. - The stilling basin makes it possible for the kinetic to cause the turbulence and in the process it is lost as heat energy. - Special appurtenances such as chute blocks, sills and baffles piers are provided in the stilling basins. (i) The chute blocks furrows the incoming jet & and lift a portion of it from the floor producing a shorter length of jump than would be possible without them. This is used to form a serated device at the entrance to the stilling basin. (ii) The sill has the function of additional function of diffusing the residual portion of high velocity jet that may reach the end of the basin. It is provided at the end of the stilling basin and reduces the length of the jump & controls the scour. (iii) Baffle Piers are blocks that are placed in the intermediate position across the basin floor. It dissipates energy by the impact action. They are useful in small structures with low incoming velocities, but are however, unsuitable where high velocities make cavitation possible 5.0 Energy Dissipation Resource Material https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/hydraulics_lab/pubs/PAP/PAP-0951.pdf https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/hydraulics_lab/pubs/HL/HL-2015-06.pdf https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:13560/Art233d.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.4296/cwrj147 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303565276_Guidelines_for_Hydraulic_Desig n_of_Stepped_Spillways https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245297351_Hydraulic_Design_of_Stepped_ Spillways https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60338aaf8fa8f5432bc23dbe/_Guidanc e_for_the_Design_and_Maintenance_of_Stepped_Masonry_Spillways.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221680209499889 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_007673.xls https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/hydraulics_lab/pubs/EM/EM25.pdf
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