Design a gravity dam for the following data:

Maximum allowable compressive stress in concrete= 3000kN/m2

GRAVITY DAM Maximum Reservoir level=200.0m
R.L. of bottom of dam=100.0m
Specific gravity of concrete=2.4
Unit weight of water=10 kN/m2

Solution: Use freeboard of 3m.

RL OF TOP= 203.0m R.L. of the top of the dam=200+3=203m
Height of low gravity dam=H1=f/ (Sc+1)
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R.L. 200 Putting the values, H1=88.2m, <Height of the Dam

Therefore it is high gravity dam.
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Hence the dam from RL 200 to RL 111.8 designed as low gravity dam. And the dam from RL 111.8 to 100 shall
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be designed as high gravity dam.

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Design of low dam from RL 200m to RL 11.8m

Top width=a=5.18m (from calculation)
Base width required=56.8m
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Upstream projection from vertical face required=a/16=0.33m

Total base width=56.8+.33= 57.13m
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U/S batter provided at a depth of =2a(Sc)1/2=16.1m from below M.W.L.

and it ends at a depth of 3.1a(Sc)1/2=24.9m

Design of the dam from RL 111.8m to RL 100m

R.L.118.1 Designed in three strips.

Strip1 (After Calculation)
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571,3
R.L. 108.0m 29
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604
R.L.104.0m
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y1=3.8m ; B1=57.13m ; B2=60.4m ; X2=0.37m
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R.L.100m
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Strip 2 (After Calculation) Topic: GRAVITY DAM

Base of Dam
y2=4m ; B2=60.4m ; B3=64m ; X3=0.45m Name: Chandrajyoti Kumar
Strip 3 (After Calculation) Roll: 13114904
y3=4m ; B3=64m ; B4=68m ; X4=0.62m Branch: Civil, 8th Semester