NPTEL Syllabus

Design of Hydraulic Structures - Web

course
COURSE OUTLINE

NPTEL

Structures that are constructed for the purpose of the utilisation of water or to
contai n the damages caused by water, occupy a position of special
importance in human society.

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Although an introduction to this unique class of structure is available through

the course on Water Resources Engineering, the present course plans to
discuss each of these structures in detail, with ample worked examples.

Civil Engineering

Special reference would be made, wherever possible, to relevant national and

international standards and norms.
The course would cover the design aspects of the hydraulic structures meant
f o r storage, diversion, conveyance and distribution of water apart from
structures for river flow modification and control.

Pre-requisites:

Preliminary design aspects of hydropower structures would also be included.

Additional Reading:

Foundation considerations in the design of the structures would be discussed

for each structure.
COURSE DETAIL

1. Water Resources Engineering.

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Sl. No.

Topic

No. of
Hours

Storage, Diversion, Conveyance and Distribution

structures: An Introduction.

Reservoirs behind dams and pond area behind

barrages: determination of capacities (influence of
sedimentation). Dead and Live storages.

Design of storage structures: Gravity dam: Spillway and

Non-overflow sections and their design.

Concrete dam details: joints, water-seals, galleries and

adits, instrumentation: purpose and techniques; sluices.

Foundation treatment for concrete dams (curtain and

consolidation grouting).

Other types of concrete dams (Arch, Buttress, Hollow,

etc.).

Types of spillways (adaptations for concrete and

Coordinators:
Dr. Dhrubajyoti Sen
Department of Civil EngineeringIIT
Kharagpur

embankment dams).
Flow characteristics of gated/ungated spillways / breastwalled gates.

Types of energy dissipators (Hydraulic Jump / Ski-Jump

/ Rollerbucket).

Influence of tail water rating curve on choice of energy

Dissipater.

Design flood for dams (according to the size of dams

and reservoir capacities).

PMF, SPF, Return Period; Gumbel distribution.

10

Flood routing through spillways (Pul's method).

11

Backwater curve analysis for reservoirs.

12

Typical sections of earth and rockfill dams

(homogeneous / zoned).

13

Analysis and design of embankment dams.

14

Types of gates for dams and barrages (radial and

vertical lift types).

15

Diversion structures: Barrages and weirs on permeable

foundations.

16

Design consideration of barrages for surface and subsurface flows (raft foundation on alluvial rivers).

Retrogression and flow concentration effects on barrage

design.

17

Design consideration of barrages (gravity design on

boulder bed rivers).

18

Sedimentation characteristics for barrage ponds and its

influence by gate operation; management of
sedimentation in barrage ponds.

19

Barrage components: Glacis, Rigid apron, Flexible

(concrete block) apron.

End-sill arrangements for energy dissipation for weir

and under-sluice sections of a barrage.
Pier, Divide wall, Sheet Piles.

20

Canal structures: Head regulator, Cross regulator and

Falls.

21

Canal section design (unlined and lined); in cutting and

filling.

22

Aqueducts; Superpassage; Syphon Aqueducts.

23

Distribution structures for conveying water from canals

to irrigation fields.

24

Canal capacity determination from field water

requirements.

25

Guide bunds for flow control of rivers (for barrages and

bridges); its design features.

26

Principal components of a hydropower station: Intakes

and Trash racks, Water conductor system, Tunnels,
Surge tanks, Penstocks, Anchor blocks.Turbine
foundation.

27

Structures for prevention of riverbank and coastal

erosion (considerations for toe scour; provision of filter
to prevent subsidence).

Total

42

References:
1. Hydraulic Structures, P. Novak, A. I. B. Moffat, C. Nalluri and R.
Narayanan, Taylor and Francis, U. K.
2. Hydraulics of Spillways and Energy Dissipators, R. M. Khatsuria, Marcel
Dekker Publishing, New York.
3. Manual on Barrages and Weirs on Permeable Foundation, Publication
179, (Volumes I and II), Central Board of Irrigation and Power, New
Delhi.
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