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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER ?VIII(NEW) EXAMINATION ? SUMMER 2019
Subject Code: 2184004 Date:15/05/2019
Subject Name: Design of Hydraulic Structures
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) Explain the term ?Cavitation? in Ogee spillway. 03
(b) Discuss briefly the following points for the site selection of a concrete gravity
dam: (i) Foundation; (ii) Topography; (iii) Site for spillway; (iv) Reservoir and
catchment area
04
(c) Fig 1 below shows the section of a gravity dam, compute:
(i) water pressure in horizontal and vertical directions;
(ii) Uplift Pressure;
(iii) Self-weight of the dam/m length.
Consider the density of concrete ?conc = 24KN/m
3
and that of for water =
10KN/m
3
.
07
Q.2 (a) What is the phreatic line in an earthen dam? 03
(b) State the different purposes of locating a phreatic line. 04
(c) Find the coordinates of a phreatic line for an earth dam of homogeneous section
without filter at d/s toe. The following data are to be considered for the dam:
(i) Top width of the dam = 8m
(ii) Free Board = 3m
(iii) Maximum head of water = 22m
(iv) Angle ? (the side slope make with the horizontal) = 30?
(v) Correction factor for ? = 30? is ?a/(a+?a) = 0.36
Also find the seepage discharge for the same section when permeability
coefficient is known as K = 4.2x10
-6
m/s.
07
OR
(c) Check the stability of the d/s slope of an earth dam from the following data:
(i) Top width of the dam = 7.5m
07
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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER ?VIII(NEW) EXAMINATION ? SUMMER 2019
Subject Code: 2184004 Date:15/05/2019
Subject Name: Design of Hydraulic Structures
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) Explain the term ?Cavitation? in Ogee spillway. 03
(b) Discuss briefly the following points for the site selection of a concrete gravity
dam: (i) Foundation; (ii) Topography; (iii) Site for spillway; (iv) Reservoir and
catchment area
04
(c) Fig 1 below shows the section of a gravity dam, compute:
(i) water pressure in horizontal and vertical directions;
(ii) Uplift Pressure;
(iii) Self-weight of the dam/m length.
Consider the density of concrete ?conc = 24KN/m
3
and that of for water =
10KN/m
3
.
07
Q.2 (a) What is the phreatic line in an earthen dam? 03
(b) State the different purposes of locating a phreatic line. 04
(c) Find the coordinates of a phreatic line for an earth dam of homogeneous section
without filter at d/s toe. The following data are to be considered for the dam:
(i) Top width of the dam = 8m
(ii) Free Board = 3m
(iii) Maximum head of water = 22m
(iv) Angle ? (the side slope make with the horizontal) = 30?
(v) Correction factor for ? = 30? is ?a/(a+?a) = 0.36
Also find the seepage discharge for the same section when permeability
coefficient is known as K = 4.2x10
-6
m/s.
07
OR
(c) Check the stability of the d/s slope of an earth dam from the following data:
(i) Top width of the dam = 7.5m
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(ii) Maximum head of water = 22m
(iii) F. B. = 3m
(iv) u/s slope = 1:3 & d/s slope = 1:2.5
(v) Horizontal length of filter = 22m.
Assume the properties of soil for the dam as follows:
(i) Average unit weight under steady seepage = 20 KN/m
3
(ii) Coefficient of permeability = 4.5x10
-6
m/s
(iii) Angle of internal friction between the soil particles ? = 25? and average
cohesion C= 18 KN/m
2
.
(iv) Density of water ?w = 10 KN/m
3
.
Assume foundation of the dam to be impervious and friction between the
consecutive sides of the slices is negligible. Take the area of N diagram aN = 12
cm
2
; area of T diagram aT = 4.8cm
2
and that of pore water pressure diagram aU
= 1.9cm
2
. Consider the scale of the drawing as 1 cm = 5m and the angle
subtended at the centre of rotation by arc ? = 48?.6. The radius of arc = 67.52
m. Whether this section is safe?
Q.3 (a) State the different losses occurring in an unlined canal. 03
(b) State the step wise procedure for designing a trapezoidal section of a lined canal
when Discharge, velocity, side slope or angle ?, Bed slope & Rugosity
coefficient are known.
04
(c) Design a trapezoidal lined canal section for a discharge of 120 m
3
/s at a bed
slope of 1/4200 and a side slope of 1:1.25 (V:H).
Given: Rugosity coefficient N = 0.018 & velocity = 1.5m/s
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Explain the term ?Tractive force? related to the canal flow. 03
(b) Explain in detail the Bed load and Suspended load 04
(c) What is a synthetic unit hydrograph?
A synthetic unit hydrograph is to be developed for an ungauged catchment area
for which there is no information of any kind. An adjoining catchment is
thoroughly gauged. It has 3-h UH with a peak of 140m
3
/s appearing 37 h from
the start of rainfall excess. Determine the Snyder?s coefficients of the
hydrograph to be used for the adjoining ungauged catchment for formulation of
3 h UH.
Area(A); Gauged catchment 2718 km
2
Basin length along the river (l) 148 km
Centroid length (lc) along the river. 76 km
07
Q.4 (a) State the factors affecting the storm water flow. 03
(b) Explain the Rational method for estimation of storm water flow for sewer
design.
04
(c) The drainage area of one sector of a town is 40 hectares. The classification of
the surfaces of this area is as follows:
Percentage of total
surface area
Types of surface Runoff
coefficient
20 Hard pavement 0.86
25 Roof surface 0.82
15 Unpaved street 0.30
28 Garden & lawns 0.15
12 Wooded area 0.05
07
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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER ?VIII(NEW) EXAMINATION ? SUMMER 2019
Subject Code: 2184004 Date:15/05/2019
Subject Name: Design of Hydraulic Structures
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) Explain the term ?Cavitation? in Ogee spillway. 03
(b) Discuss briefly the following points for the site selection of a concrete gravity
dam: (i) Foundation; (ii) Topography; (iii) Site for spillway; (iv) Reservoir and
catchment area
04
(c) Fig 1 below shows the section of a gravity dam, compute:
(i) water pressure in horizontal and vertical directions;
(ii) Uplift Pressure;
(iii) Self-weight of the dam/m length.
Consider the density of concrete ?conc = 24KN/m
3
and that of for water =
10KN/m
3
.
07
Q.2 (a) What is the phreatic line in an earthen dam? 03
(b) State the different purposes of locating a phreatic line. 04
(c) Find the coordinates of a phreatic line for an earth dam of homogeneous section
without filter at d/s toe. The following data are to be considered for the dam:
(i) Top width of the dam = 8m
(ii) Free Board = 3m
(iii) Maximum head of water = 22m
(iv) Angle ? (the side slope make with the horizontal) = 30?
(v) Correction factor for ? = 30? is ?a/(a+?a) = 0.36
Also find the seepage discharge for the same section when permeability
coefficient is known as K = 4.2x10
-6
m/s.
07
OR
(c) Check the stability of the d/s slope of an earth dam from the following data:
(i) Top width of the dam = 7.5m
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(ii) Maximum head of water = 22m
(iii) F. B. = 3m
(iv) u/s slope = 1:3 & d/s slope = 1:2.5
(v) Horizontal length of filter = 22m.
Assume the properties of soil for the dam as follows:
(i) Average unit weight under steady seepage = 20 KN/m
3
(ii) Coefficient of permeability = 4.5x10
-6
m/s
(iii) Angle of internal friction between the soil particles ? = 25? and average
cohesion C= 18 KN/m
2
.
(iv) Density of water ?w = 10 KN/m
3
.
Assume foundation of the dam to be impervious and friction between the
consecutive sides of the slices is negligible. Take the area of N diagram aN = 12
cm
2
; area of T diagram aT = 4.8cm
2
and that of pore water pressure diagram aU
= 1.9cm
2
. Consider the scale of the drawing as 1 cm = 5m and the angle
subtended at the centre of rotation by arc ? = 48?.6. The radius of arc = 67.52
m. Whether this section is safe?
Q.3 (a) State the different losses occurring in an unlined canal. 03
(b) State the step wise procedure for designing a trapezoidal section of a lined canal
when Discharge, velocity, side slope or angle ?, Bed slope & Rugosity
coefficient are known.
04
(c) Design a trapezoidal lined canal section for a discharge of 120 m
3
/s at a bed
slope of 1/4200 and a side slope of 1:1.25 (V:H).
Given: Rugosity coefficient N = 0.018 & velocity = 1.5m/s
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Explain the term ?Tractive force? related to the canal flow. 03
(b) Explain in detail the Bed load and Suspended load 04
(c) What is a synthetic unit hydrograph?
A synthetic unit hydrograph is to be developed for an ungauged catchment area
for which there is no information of any kind. An adjoining catchment is
thoroughly gauged. It has 3-h UH with a peak of 140m
3
/s appearing 37 h from
the start of rainfall excess. Determine the Snyder?s coefficients of the
hydrograph to be used for the adjoining ungauged catchment for formulation of
3 h UH.
Area(A); Gauged catchment 2718 km
2
Basin length along the river (l) 148 km
Centroid length (lc) along the river. 76 km
07
Q.4 (a) State the factors affecting the storm water flow. 03
(b) Explain the Rational method for estimation of storm water flow for sewer
design.
04
(c) The drainage area of one sector of a town is 40 hectares. The classification of
the surfaces of this area is as follows:
Percentage of total
surface area
Types of surface Runoff
coefficient
20 Hard pavement 0.86
25 Roof surface 0.82
15 Unpaved street 0.30
28 Garden & lawns 0.15
12 Wooded area 0.05
07
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If the time of concentration for the area is 35 minutes, find the maximum runoff
discharge. Use the Rational formula for finding the intensity of rainfall.
OR
Q.4 (a) Define the terms:(i) ordinary floods and (ii) standard projected flood 03
(b) Explain briefly the causes of flood and the term probable maximum flood. 04
(c) State the procedure for the location of hydraulic jump formation of a sloping
glacis weir and water height at that point for the known data of u/s TEL; d/s
TEL; Head loss, HL & discharge intensity q m
3
/s/m.
07
Q.5 (a) Explain the term Cross Drainage works.
Classify the different CD works depending upon the relative levels and
discharges.
Explain briefly with neat sketch the ?syphon aqueduct?.
07
(b) What is canal fluming?
With the help of Mitra?s hyperbolic method of canal transition, design the
fluming portions of an aqueduct from the following data:
(i) For Contraction Transition:
Normal bed width of trapezoidal section of canal = BN = 24m; and Flumed
width, BF = 14m; Splay = 1:2
(ii) For Expansion Transition:
Normal bed width of trapezoidal section at outlet = BN = 24m; Flumed width,
BF = 14m; Splay = 1:3. Assume the depth of water remains same in the fumed
portion. Length of fluming section Lf is to be found out in each transition.
07
OR
Q.5 Attempt : ( Any Four)
(i) Differentiate between low & high concrete gravity dam.
(ii) Functions of cross regulator and head regulator.
(iii) List the design features of an ogee spillway and describe the
procedure for locating the d/s profile of the same.
(iv) Limitations of Bligh?s creep theory.
(v) Find the exit gradient for a weir founded on permeable soil having
Bligh?s coefficient, C = 9. Consider the structure as shown in Fig.2.
Whether the structure remains safe against piping action?
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