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Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
  Volume 6, Number 1, March 2019 , pages 001-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/smm.2019.6.1.001
 

Hydraulic and structural considerations of dam's spillway - a case study of Karkheh Dam, Andimeshk, Iran
Iman Faridmehr, Mohammad Javadi Jokar, Mohammadreza Yazdanipour and Ali Kolahchi

 
Abstract
    Preserving reservoir safety has recognized to be important for the public where a vast majority of dams are located upstream of greatly populated cities and industrialized areas. Buckling, floatation and cavitation have caused failure in the spillway gates and conveyance features during past catastrophic events; showed their vulnerability and need for regular inspection along with reviewing design calculations to ensure the spillway meet current design standards. This paper investigates the hydraulic and structural consideration of dam\'s spillway by evaluating the data of Karkheh Dam\'s. Discharge capacity, flood routings and cavitation damage risk were main features for hydraulic considerations where hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces and stability conditions were considered in structural considerations.
 
Key Words
    spillway radial gate; hydrodynamic forces; hydrostatic forces; westergaard\'s theory
 
Address
Iman Faridmehr: South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Lenin Prospect 76, Russian Federation, Russia
Mohammad Javadi Jokar,
Mohammadreza Yazdanipour and Ali Kolahchi: Production Operation Company of Karkheh Dam Hydropower Plant, Andimeshk, Khuzestan, Iran
 

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