DESIGN OF BARRAGE

IRRIGATION ENGINEERING CE-431 L

Week 1
PURPOSE OF A BARRAGE
 Barrage is a weir provided with gates.
 Barrage is built across a river to;
• Divert water
• Raise level of supply
• Silt control
• Permanent head works for canal
• Better regulation than weir
COMPONENTS OF A BARRAGE
 Main barrage portion (u/s concrete floor, crest, u/s and d/s glacis and d/s floor)
 Sheet piles (u/s, intermediate and d/s sheet piles)
 Inverted filter (Provided between d/s sheet piles and d/s flexible aprons)
 Flexible apron (Protection provided to cover scour depth)
 Under sluices (Bays at extreme ends adjacent to canal regulator)
 Divide wall (Separates under-sluices and normal bays)
 Fish ladder
 Guide banks
 Flood embankments
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE

604

589
CREST

582 U/S CONCRETE FLOOR

1:4 1 :3
576 D/S CONCRETE FLOOR

50 28.16 6 39.12 75
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE

604 MAXIMUM U/S WATER LEVEL WITH GATES CLOSED

589
CREST

U/S PROTECTION 582 U/S CONCRETE FLOOR

1:4 1 :3
A K 576 D/S CONCRETE FLOOR INVERTED FILTER D/S PROTECTION
U/S SHEET PILE

INTERMEDIATE SHEET PILE

L N P R

INTERMEDIATE SHEET PILE

D/S SHEET PILE

B
574 574
Q
550

M
564

50 28.16 6 39.12 75

SCHEMATIC SKETCH OF A BARRAGE

ALL FIGURES IN FPS /FEET UNIT
NOTE: IT’S A SKETCH, ACTUAL BARRAGE DRAWING
IS DIFFERENT.
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE

604 MAXIMUM U/S WATER LEVEL WITH GATES CLOSED

589
CREST

U/S PROTECTION 582 U/S CONCRETE FLOOR

1:4 1 :3
A K 576 D/S CONCRETE FLOOR INVERTED FILTER D/S PROTECTION
U/S SHEET PILE

INTERMEDIATE SHEET PILE

L N P R

INTERMEDIATE SHEET PILE

D/S SHEET PILE

B
574 574
Q
550

M
564

50 28.16 6 39.12 75

SCHEMATIC SKETCH OF A BARRAGE

ALL FIGURES IN FPS /FEET UNIT
NOTE: IT’S A SKETCH, ACTUAL BARRAGE DRAWING
IS DIFFERENT.
BARRAGE SITE CONSIDERATIONS
 Site must have good command over area.
 Minimum width of river.
 Good land approach.
 Easy diversion after construction.
BARRAGE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
 Over flow or surface flow consideration.
• Estimation of design flood, length of barrage, retrogression, accretion, and
barrage profile.
 Subsoil flow considerations.
• Uplift pressure, undermining and creep theories.
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE

HFL

RBL

1. BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF BARRAGE

L = M1

2. AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF BARRAGE

BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
Maximum discharge 500,000 cusecs Sec B R*75+475000
Minimum discharge 12,000 cusecs
River bed level (RBL) 582.00 ft
Highest flood level (HFL) 600.00 ft (without barrage)
Lowest flood level (LFL) 587.00 ft
Minimum pond level 598.00 ft (After construction of barrage/ on FSL)
Number of canals on right bank 2
Number of canals on left bank 1
Maximum discharge of one canal 3,500 cusecs
Slope of river 1 / 5280
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
Step 1: Minimum stable wetted perimeter
Pw  2.67 Qmax = 1890 ft
Lacey’s looseness co efficient (LLC) = (Hilly areas)1.1 to 1.8 (Plain areas)
Width between abutments ; Wa = Pw × LLC = 1.1 to 1.8 times Pw = 3400 ft
Try;
50 bays @ 60’ = 3000 feet
47 piers @ 7’ = 329 feet
1 fish ladder = 26 feet
2 divide walls = 30 feet
Wa = 3385 feet

Discharge between abutments q abt = 500,000/3385 = 147.7 cfs/ft

Discharge over weir crest q weir = 500,000/3000 = 166.7 cfs/ft

BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
Pw=1890 feet

1.2 to 1.8
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
Step 2: Calculation of Lacey’s silt factor
5
1 f 3
S 
1844 Q 16 =2
Step 3: Fixation of crest level
Assume afflux = 3 feet
weir height; P = 6 feet
2
qabt
Scour depth R  0 .9 3 = 19.96 feet
f

Head of water above weir; Ho = R – P = 13.96 feet

qabt
Vo 
Velocity of approach; R = 7.40 feet / sec
V2
ho 
Velocity head; 2g = 0.85 feet

Energy over the crest; E o = Ho + ho = 13.96 + 0.85 = 14.81 feet

 Q = CLH 3/2

Q = 2/3 2g C L H 3/2
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
E1 = Do + ho + Afflux = 18 + 3 + 0.85 = 21.85 feet

Level of E1 = E1 + RBL (USEL) = 582 + 21.85 = 603.85 feet

Crest level ; CL= USEL - Eo = 603.85 – 14.81 = 589.04 feet

Maximum d/s water level ; DSWL = 600 feet (From rating curve)
Weir submergence; h = DSWL - CL h = 600 – 589.04 = 10.96 feet
Eo
= 0.74
C'
C = 0.84 (From Gibson's curve)
C’ = C × (C’/C) = 3.8 × 0.84 = 3.19
Q = C’ × Wclear × Eo3/2 = 3.19 × 3000 × 14.81 3/2
= 545437 cfs
BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
Step 4: Design of undersluices
Fix crest level of under sluices 3 ft below main weir
Crest level of under sluices = 586.04 feet
Assume no of bays under sluices =5
Width of under sluice = 5 × 60 × 2 = 600 feet
Discharge through under sluice (1.2 × q weir ) = 166.7 × 1.2 200 cfs/ft
2
qu / s
R3
Scour depth f = 24.43 feet
qu / s
Vo 
Velocity of approach; R2 = 8.817 feet/sec
Vo
ho 
Velocity head; 2g = 1.04 ft

USEL RBL + (E1 = Do + ho + Afflux) = 582 + 18 + 1.04 + 3 = 604.04 feet

E o = USEL – CL of under sluice = 604.04 – 586.04 = 18 feet

BARRAGE DESIGN EXAMPLE
Weir submergence; h = USEL – AFFLUX – CL = 604.04 – 3 – 586.04 = 15
h
Eo = 15/ 18 = 0.83
C' = 0.76 (From Gibson's curve)
C
C’ = C × (C’/C) = 3.8 × 0.76 = 2.89
Discharge through under sluice Q1 and Q3 = C’ × Wundersluics × Eo3/2
= 2.89 × 600 × 18 3/2
= 132 344 cfs
Discharge through main weir Q = C’ × Wmain weir × Eo3/2
= 3.19 × 2400 × 14.81 3/2
= 436 664 cfs
Total discharge = 569 008 cfs
ASSIGNMENT / CLASS WORK

 Read theory related to barrage from referred text book (Upto article 3.6).
 Make sketches of barrage profile and plan as made in book.
 Setting of crest level of main weir and under sluice.