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    Seat No.: _____ Enrolment No.______



    GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    BE SEM-VIII Examination May 2012
    Subject code: 180601
    Subject Name: Design of Hydraulic Structures
    Date:10/05/2012 Time: 10.30 am 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.

    Q.1 (a) Discuss in brief merits and demerits of various types of dams. 07
    (b) Explain how you would account for earthquake effects in design of a gravity
    dam.
    07

    Q.2 (a) Why spillways are considered safety valve for dams. Classify and write
    suitability of various spillways.
    07
    (b) Discuss in brief the causes of failure of earthen dams. 07
    OR
    (b) What is a fall in canal? Write necessity of a fall and governing factors in
    locating a fall.
    07

    Q.3 (a) Distinguish clearly between a low gravity dam and high gravity dam. Derive
    an expression used for such a distinction.
    07
    (b) The figure 1 gives the profile of a gravity dam with reservoir level as shown.
    If the coefficient of friction is 0.75, is the dam safe against sliding? Take
    weight density of concrete =2.4 tonnes/cum
    07
    OR
    Q.3 (a) Enlist the various forces acting on gravity dam as per IS -6512 and discuss in
    detail uplift and wave pressure.
    07
    (b) Explain the step by step method of designing a high gravity dam. 07

    Q.4 (a) Classify earthen dams with suitability of each. 07
    (b) Discuss the Swedish slip circle method for checking the stability of down-
    stream slop under steady seepage condition.
    07
    OR
    Q.4 (a) What is meant by pore pressure and what is its significance in design of
    earthen dams?
    07
    (b) A flow-net is plotted for homogeneous earthen dam of height 22 m and free
    board 2.0 m. Number of potential drops and flow channels are 10 and 4
    respectively. The dam has a horizontal filter of 30 m length at a downstream
    end and the coefficient of permeability of the dam material is 5 x 10
    -4
    cm/sec.
    Calculate the discharge per m run of the dam.
    07

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    Q.5 (a) Write design principles of four major parts of an ogee spillway with governing
    equations.
    07
    (b) Compute the discharge over an ogee weir with coefficient of discharge equal
    to 2.4 at a head of 2 m. The length of spillway is 100 m. The weir crest is 8 m
    above the bottom of the approach channel having the same width as that of the
    spillway. (consider velocity of approach)
    07
    OR

    Q.5 (a) Write short notes on a) Sarda type fall b) Cross regulator 07
    (b) Write short notes on a) World Commission on Dams b) Uses of flow-net for
    earthen dams
    07



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