1) Design Data

Gate Opening B*h 15mx15m

Design Head H 15m
Gate Type Radial Gate
Sealing option three-way upstream
Operation Hydraulic Cylinder
Structural Steel Material IS-2062
Quantity 3
IS2062-E350
yield point strees of structured steel ϒp 350 Mpa
compressive stress allowable σall 157.5 Mpa
Shear stress allowable τall 122.5 Mpa
modulus of elasticity E 210 Gpa
C/C of wheel l 15.3 m B+(150 to 300mm)
C/C of side seal b 15.15 m B+(100 t0 150mm)
allowable combined stress for skin plate σ.sp 210 Mpa
density of structured steel ρ 7850 Kg/m3
Ultimate tensile strength UTS 490 Mpa
2) Notations
Density of water ρ 1000 kg/m3
Acceleration due to gravity g 9.81 m/s2
Elastic modulus of Steel E 210 KN/mm2
Bending or compressive Stress σ
Shear Stress τ
Specific weight of water ϒ 9.81 KN/m3
Moment of Inertia I
Sectional Modulus Z
Sectional Area A

3) Design Loads
Span of the gate B 15 m EL.ws 910 m
Maximum head water on the sill H 15 m EL.v 910 m
gate actual height h 15 m 15+200mm side seal EL.c 911.5 m
Gate sealing height h' 15.2 m EL.s 895 m
specific wt. of water ϒ 9.81 KN/m3
 Water thrust
Horizontal thrust Wh 16551.43 KN
Vertical thrust Wv 14835.49 KN
Resultant water thrust Wr 22227.05 KN
angle at which water pressure act ϴ 41.87

Economic radius of arm R 18.75 R = 1.25 H

Difference between centre of curvature Ds 1.5 m αs 4.59 deg 0.080 rad

and top seal or water level
Difference between centre of curvature Di 16.5 m αi 61.64 deg 1.075 rad
and the sill level
Difference between water level and centre Dm -1.5 m cos sin
of curvature of skin plate αs 0.997 0.080
αi 0.475 0.880
Assumed weight Wg 1043.47 KN
4) ARMS hf/ht α β γ
Selection of arms position in end vertical girder 0.1 0.1536 0.5114 0.335
Arc length of the skin plate L(m) 18.66 0.2 0.1634 0.5348 0.3018
Position of resultant water thrust e(m) 5.00 0.3 0.1718 0.5496 0.2786
0.4 0.179 0.5596 0.2614
angle made by total curve length β 57.054 0.5 0.1858 0.56556 0.2486
0.6 0.1918 0.57 0.2382
water pressure at top of beam ht 14.715 kN 0.7 0.1974 0.5728 0.2298
water pressure at bottom of beam hf 147.15 kN 0.8 0.2028 0.574 0.2232
ratio of top to bottom pressure Φ 0.100 0.9 0.2078 0.5748 0.2174

Φ α β γ
0.1 0.1536 0.5114 0.335
Lower curve length L3 2.87 m 8.76 degree
middle curve length L2 9.54 m 29.18 degree
upper curve length L1 6.25 m 19.11 degree
 Selection of arms position in main horizontal beam
overhanging length a1 3.375 m
midspan length b1 8.25 m
Calculation of axial load at arms
angle made by upper arm γl 11.01 deg sin(γl) 0.191
angle made by lower arm γu 18.17 deg sin(γu) 0.312
sin(γu +γl) 0.488
cos(γu +γl) 0.873

angle betn arms and pier face ω 5.16 deg cos(ω) 0.996 1.6875
sin(ω) 0.090 18.75
0.09
5.16
******** case of sloped radial arms to pier face
Load on each upper arm Pu 4370.67 kN
load on each lower arm Pl 7137.39 KN
******** case of radial arms parallel to pier face ω 0 deg
Load on each upper arm Pu 4352.94 kN
load on each lower arm Pl 7108.42 KN

Strength of the arms

Selection section Iee 3 (fabricated) for arms
In horizontal plane
Flange - 350mm*25mm Flange 600mm*25mm Flange 800mm*30mm
Web - 300mm*18mm Web- 600mm*18mm Web- 800mm*25mm
Ixx 50532 325525 933706
Aw 229 408 680
Zxx 2877.26 10016.154 21714.1
Radius of gyration rxx 14.85 cm 28.246 37.06
0.15 m 0.28246 0.3706
Buckling length Lf 18.75 m
Slenderness ratio λ 126.22 66.38 50.60
From the table 5.6, Design of Hydraulic Gates by Paulo C.F. Erbisti
Buckling coefficient w1 4.02 1.51 1.3
Moment from hoisting load at support in lower main Horizontal beam Mbh -836.968 KN-m

Check Buckling stability of arms as per DIN 4114 standard

1509.66 338.29 170.59

In vertical plane
1 2 3
Iyy 17879.16 90029 256104
Aw 229 408 680
Zyy 1021.67 3000.97 6402.6
ryy 8.84 14.86 19.41
0.0884 m 0.1486 0.1941
Buckling length Lf 2m Maximum unsupported length of arms cannot exceed 2 m in vertical plane
Slenderness ratio λ 22.63 13.45895 10.30

Buckling coefficient w1 1.07 1 1

Resisting moment at trunnion pin due to friction Mt -739.12 KN-m

Check buckling stability of arms as per DIN 4114 standard

657.69 285.06 156.48