BUSTOS

Reference:

(1) Peterka, A. J., 1984, Hydraulic Design of Spillways and Energy Dissipators, United States Departent of the

Interior:Bureau of Reclamation [USBR], Denver Colorado.

(2) Chow, V.T., 1959, Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., New York.

Parameters:
Design Flood Flow, Q = 1036.00 m3/s
Dam Length = 308.00 m3/s

Energy Elevation = 10.34 masl

Afflux Elevation = 10.31 masl

US Apron Elevation = 6.00 masl

DS Apron Elevation (Dam Toe) = 6.00 masl

The theoretical velocity of flow at the toe of an overflow spillway may be computed by:

𝑽𝟏 = 𝟐𝒈 𝒁 + 𝒉𝒂 − 𝒅𝟏
eq. 1 -derived from Bernoulli's Energy Equation

𝑸 = 𝑽𝟏 𝑨 = 𝑽𝟏 𝒅𝟏 𝑳 eq. 2 -continuity equation

where:
Q = discharge
V1 = theoretical velocity at the toe (m/s)
L = length of the spillway
Z = vertical distance from upstream reservoir level to the dowstream toe floor level (m)
ha = upstream approach velocity head (m)
d1 = depth of flow at the toe (m)

ha = 0.03 m
d1 = 0.38 m OK -assume value of d1
V1-eq.1 = 8.81 m/s
-check values of V1 (should be the same for the 2 equations)
V2-eq. 2 = 8.81 m/s

Froude Number at the toe of the spillway can be computed as:

𝑽𝟏
𝑭𝑵𝟏 =
𝒈𝒅𝟏

FN1 = 4.55

Conjugate depth y2 can be obtained by the equation:

𝒅𝟐 𝟏
= 𝟏 + 𝟖𝑭𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟏
𝒅𝟏 𝟐

d2 = 2.27 m

7.0

6.0
L/d2

5.0

4.0

3.0
1.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 9.0 11.0 13.0 15.0 17.0 19.0 21.0
FN1

Figure 1: Length of Natural Jump

L
= 5.93
y2

L = 13.5 m

BUSTOS

4
h4 / d1

End Sill Height, h4

0
4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
FN

w = 0.3 m

2.5w = 0.7 m

2d1 = 0.8 m

h4
= 1.23
d1

h4 = 0.5 m

0.02d 2 = 0.0 m