CROSS SECTION OF ZONED DAM

1. Calculation for thickness of inclined filter

d f := 8.0m depth of overburden strata

Hw := 91m head of water

−2m
k := 1⋅ 10 permeability of filter
s
−7m permebility of impervious material (min. value from test
kb := 5.04⋅ 10
s pit result)
−4m
kf := 1.26⋅ 10 permeability of overburden (DS2 permeability test result)
s
α := 76deg angle of discharging face

q l := 20.34m⋅ kb ⋅ 1m seepage quantity

3
−5m
q l = 1.025 × 10
s
i := sin ( α) i = 0.97

  ql  
tinclined_filter := max2⋅   , 1.0m using Darcy's law
  k ⋅ i⋅ ( 1m) 
tinclined_filter = 1 m
thickness of inclined filter

2. Calculation for thickness of inclined filter

ecut_off := 80% positive cut-off efficiency

L2 := 47.73m base width of impervious core

length of horizontal filter
L3 := 144.50m

−1
q f := i ← Hw⋅ L2

kf ⋅ i⋅ d f ⋅ 1 m
3
−3m quantity of seepage through foundation
q f = 1.922 × 10
s

(
q tf := q l + 100% − ecut_off ⋅ qf ) assuming that the positive cut-off is 80% percent
efficient
3
−4m
q tf = 3.946 × 10 total discharge to be trapped by
s horizontal filter
t2 := FS ← 2.0

CeilFS⋅
q tf ⋅ L3
(
⋅ m
−3 ) , 0.1 ⋅m
 k 

t2 = 4.8 m say 5.0m

thickness of horizontal filter