Design and Construction of Water Works
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1. Explain all types of dam foundation treatment of each with example and net sketch.
2. Explain all types of river diversion methods for dam construction.
3. What factors you will keep in mind while selecting a suitable site for a dam reservoir?
4. What is mean by a Reservoir? Discuss briefly the difference types of reservoirs and the purpose served by each type.
5. Describe briefly the techniques that are employed for computing the storage capacity of a reservoir for different water surface elevations.
6. What is mean by Dam? What are the difference materials that are commonly used for dam construction and what are their comparative advantages and disadvantages?
7. Discuss the geological and topographical features which affect the selection of the type of dam.
8. What are Arch and Buttress dams? Illustrate with sketches and mention site conditions favorable for construction of such dams.
9. Discuss the factors which are considered in the selection of the site for a proposed dam. It is assumed that the type of the dam has already been selected for the project.
10. What useful purpose is served by a dam? What are the ill effects of dam construction?
11. How do you classify dams according to:
a. their use
b. hydraulic design
c. material of construction
12. Discuss the various factors which govern the selection of a particular type of dam for a particular project
13. What are the main points to be considered while selecting a site for a gravity dam construction?
14. Explain briefly with neat sketches the different forces that may act on a gravity dam. Indicate their magnitudes, directions and locations.
15. Explain how uplift considerations affect the design of gravity dams.
16. What measures can be adopted to reduce the undesirable effects due to uplift in such cases?
17. Determine :
a. The normal stress;
b. The principal stress;
c. The shear friction factor at base of figure below.
18. Figure shows the section of a concrete gravity dam. Check the stability of this dam section at the base.
