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Tutorial3 Reservoir Questions

The document outlines a tutorial for CE3030 Water Resources Engineering, focusing on reservoir and gravity dam calculations. It includes exercises on determining minimum storage requirements, maximum uniform demand, and stability checks for masonry dams using various methods and data tables. Each exercise is assigned a specific mark value, totaling 100 marks.

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Tutorial3 Reservoir Questions

The document outlines a tutorial for CE3030 Water Resources Engineering, focusing on reservoir and gravity dam calculations. It includes exercises on determining minimum storage requirements, maximum uniform demand, and stability checks for masonry dams using various methods and data tables. Each exercise is assigned a specific mark value, totaling 100 marks.

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CE3030 Water Resources Engineering

TUTORIAL – 3

RESERVOIR AND GRAVITY DAM

100 Marks

1. Monthly inflows at a proposed reservoir site for drought period of 15 months are given
along with the target demands in Table – 1. Compute the minimum storage of the reservoir
that is required to meet the target demand by using sequent peak algorithm method. Plots
the graph that is necessary.

Table – 1
Inflow I Demand
Month
(Mm3) (Mm3)
Jun 250 150
Jul 350 150
Aug 400 200
Sep 200 250
Oct 150 350
Nov 150 400
Dec 100 250
Jan 50 200
Feb 150 150
Mar 300 150
Apr 400 100
May 450 250

(20 Marks)

2. The streamflow data observed in a river during a lean year is given in table – 2. Determine
the following:

a) What is the maximum uniform demand that can be met?


b) What is the minimum storage capacity of the reservoir required to meet this demand?

c) When does the reservoir become empty?

Table – 2
3 3
Month Streamflow (Mm ) Month Streamflow (Mm )

Jan 140 Jul 212


Feb 27 Aug 180
Mar 35 Sep 116
Apr 26 Oct 92
May 16 Nov 67
Jun 48 Dec 37

(20 Marks)

3. Table – 3 gives mean monthly flows in a river during the year 1981. Calculate the minimum
storage required to maintain a uniform demand rate of 60 m3/s, using the Mass Curve
method.

Table – 3

Mean Flow
Month
(m3/s)

Jan 60

Feb 45

Mar 35

Apr 25

May 20

Jun 28

Jul 55

Aug 88

Sep 110
Oct 98

Nov 120

Dec 40

(20 Marks)

4. The bottom width of a masonry dam is 8.25m and the top width is 1.0m. The height of the
masonry dam is 10.0m and the face exposed to the side of the water has a slope of 1:10.
Calculate the following:

a factor of safety against overturning

b factor of safety against sliding

c shear friction factor

Assume unit weight of masonry as 2240kg/m3 and water as 1000 kg/m3. Assume
permissible shear stress of joint as 14kg/cm2.

Consider the coefficient of friction as 0.5 and 0.75 and provide the remarks.

(20 Marks)

5. You are an Engineer assigned with the responsibility of checking the cross-section of a
masonry dam for stability designed by a consultant. The height of the dam has been
designed as 9.0m. The top width of the dam is 1.0m and the bottom width of the dam is
4.0m. Check the stability of the cross-section of the masonry dam for stability and if it is
not stable kindly compute the optimized cross-section satisfying the stability conditions.
Assume unit weight of masonry as 2240kg/m3 and water as 1000 kg/m3. (Hint: height of
the dam)

(20 Marks)

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