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This document provides instructions for a group assignment on spillway and reservoir design for a civil and water engineering course. It includes two questions - the first asks students to analyze hydraulic properties of a spillway stilling basin and explain factors affecting dam design floods. The second asks students to calculate the half-life of a reservoir given sediment inflow properties and use monthly inflow/demand data to estimate required reservoir storage volume.

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Assignment Question 3

This document provides instructions for a group assignment on spillway and reservoir design for a civil and water engineering course. It includes two questions - the first asks students to analyze hydraulic properties of a spillway stilling basin and explain factors affecting dam design floods. The second asks students to calculate the half-life of a reservoir given sediment inflow properties and use monthly inflow/demand data to estimate required reservoir storage volume.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCFE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND WATER ENGINEERING

Hydraulic Design II: TCW 5201

GROUP ASSIGNMENT: SPILLWAYS AND RESERVOIR DESIGN

INSTRUCTIONS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Due Date: 11 MAY 2018 (17:00HRS)

QUESTION 1
a. A spillway carries a discharge of 22.5m3 /s with the outlet velocity of 15 m/s at depth of
0.2m. Select an adequate U.S.B.R stilling basin and determine the sequent depth, the
length of the hydraulic jump and the energy loss. [15 marks]

b. Explain the importance of reservoir flood routing in spillway design. [5 marks]

c. List and explain the factors that affect the design flood selected in dam design?
[5 marks]

QUESTION 2
The inflow to reservoir has an average sediment concentration of 800ppm. If the volume of the
reservoir is 100 x 106 m3 and the annual flow of the river is 900 x106 m3, determine the
approximate ‘half-life’ of the reservoir. Assume that average porosity of the settled sediment
over this period is 0.4. [15 marks]
During a critical 24- month period, the average monthly inflows to a reservoir and the average
water demand are given in the following table:
Month Average Average Month Average Average Month Average Average
inflow demand inflow demand inflow demand
(m3/s) (m3/s) (m3/s) 3
(m /s) (m3/s) (m3/s)
1 850 1000 9 1550 1300 17 1350 1400
2 1130 1100 10 1600 1200 18 1270 1400
3 1310 1200 11 1370 1100 19 1120 1400
4 1000 1300 12 1210 1000 20 1230 1400
5 1170 1400 13 940 1000 21 1320 1300
6 1260 1400 14 820 1100 22 1250 1200
7 880 1400 15 1040 1200 23 1240 1100
8 930 1400 16 1290 1300 24 1080 1000
*Month 1 is January
Use the data to estimate the required storage volume of the reservoir. [10 marks]

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