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Question No.1: Define The Following Acting Forces On Dams
Question No.1: Define The Following Acting Forces On Dams
Faculty of Engineering
Irrigation and Hydraulics Engineering Department
Course Title: – هنذسة السذود والخزانات4Year Structural Engineering Course Code:CIH4211
Sheet No.2- Forces acting on dams (2020-2021)
Question No.2: Draw all the acting forces on the following dams:
(a) (b)
hice
Water
H1
H1 Water
𝛾𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑡 = 1.3 𝑡/𝑚3 Water H2
Water
H1
Impermeable layer
Question No.3: Calculate the following acting forces on the gravity dam (P.C) showing figure 2:
h. Wind force
(Fig-2)
4m Horizontal acceleration
Vertical acceleration 4m
8m
(Earthquake)
(Earthquake)
H1=28m
B=16m
Permeable layer
Assume that = 45 the wind velocity= 10 km/hr, F=35 km, KE=0.1for horizontal and
hydrodynamic effect of earthquake, Kv=0.15 and the earthquake acting upward, hice=50 cm,
Fice=15 hice.
Question No.4: Calculate the following acting forces on the arch dam (R.C) showing figure 3:
10m
H2=3 m
B=55m
Permeable layer
Assume that = 45 the wind velocity= 10 km/hr, F=30 km, KE=0.1for horizontal and
hydrodynamic effect of earthquake, Kv=0.2 and the earthquake acting downward, hice=1m,
Fice=15 hice.
Question No.5: Calculate the following acting forces on the gravity dam (R.C) showing figure 3:
(Fig-3)
5m Horizontal acceleration
Vertical acceleration 4m
10m
(Earthquake)
(Earthquake)
H1=36m
B=20m
Permeable layer
Assume that = 45 the wind velocity= 10 km/hr, F=35 km, KE=0.1for horizontal and
hydrodynamic effect of earthquake, Kv=0.15 and the earthquake acting upward, hice=50 cm,
Fice=15 hice.