FLOOD ROUTING 09-Jun-21
NAME OF PROJECT:- Bembezaan Dam DESIGN FLOOD (QD) =( 2633.00 )cumec
Catchment Area (S)= ( 570.00 ) sq km DAM BASE LEVEL (ZB) =( 6.85 ) m
Length of Catchment (L)= ( 45.00 ) km DAM CONSTANTS (A) =( 38571.99 )
Fall over Catchment (D)= ( 300.00 ) m [(V=A*(Z-ZB)^B] (B) =( 2.5706 )
Gathering Time (G)= 513 minutes 1ST SPILLWAY LEVEL (ZF) =( 25.00 ) m FLOOD ROUTING for Bembezaan Dam
RETURN PERIOD (years) FACTOR FLOOD(cumec) SPILLWAY WIDTH (W) =( 100.00 ) m Spillway max head max level max flow
10 0.115 303 DISCHARGE COEFF. (C) =( 0.00 ) 1st 3.37 28.37 1441.93
nd
25 0.192 505 DESIGN HEAD (HD) =( 2.00 ) m 2 1.37 600.90
50 0.263 692 2ND SPILLWAY LEVEL (ZS) =( 27.00 ) m Total 2042.83
100 0.340 895 SPILLWAY WIDTH (WS) =( 250.00 ) m time increment ratio 0.025
250 0.450 1,184 DISCHARGE COEFF. (CT) =( 1.50 )
500 0.541 1,424 DESIGN HEAD (HT) =( 0.00 ) m
750 0.597 1,572 START FLOW (QS) =( 2.00 ) cumec
1,000 0.637 1,677 F.S.L. CAPACITY (VF) = 66,426,332 cubic metres or 14614 million gallons
2,000 0.742 1,953 START HEAD (HS) = 0.058 m
5,000 0.885 2,330 START DISCH. COEFF. (CS) = 1.432
10,000 (M.P.F.) 1.000 2,633 START FLOOD VOLUME (VS) = 547,001 cubic metres
Head on Main Spillway, m
FLOOD ROUTING for Bembezaan Dam
3000.0 4.00
3.50
2500.0
3.00
2000.0
2.50
FLOW (Cumec)
INFLOW
1500.0 2.00 OUTFLOW 1ST SPILLWAY
OUTFLOW 2ND SPILLWAY
1.50 TOTAL OUTFLOW
1000.0 Head on Spillway
1.00
500.0
0.50
0.0 0.00
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TIME (Minutes)