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Freeboard Calculation for Engineering Design

This document outlines the calculation of a freeboard for a dam based on wind and wave conditions. It provides the key parameters used, such as a full supply level of 891 masl, wind speed of 120 km/hr, fetch of 14 km, and significant wave height of 3 meters. Based on these inputs, it calculates a design wave height of 5.02 meters, run up of 10.03 meters, and a required freeboard of 7.58 meters, adopting a final freeboard of 8 meters.

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Freeboard Calculation for Engineering Design

This document outlines the calculation of a freeboard for a dam based on wind and wave conditions. It provides the key parameters used, such as a full supply level of 891 masl, wind speed of 120 km/hr, fetch of 14 km, and significant wave height of 3 meters. Based on these inputs, it calculates a design wave height of 5.02 meters, run up of 10.03 meters, and a required freeboard of 7.58 meters, adopting a final freeboard of 8 meters.

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Freeboard Calculation (As per code IS10635:1993)

Full supply level 891 masl


Instantaneous wind speed U 120 km/hr
Total fetch F 14 km
Effective fetch Fo 9 km
Wind Coeff. Q 1.285
Win velocity over water V 154.2 km/hr
2
Acceleration due to gravity g 127137.6 km/hr
Significant wave height Hs 3.00 m
Design wave height Ho 5.02 m
Wave period in seconds Ts 5.81 s
Wave length Ls 52.71 m
Wave steepness Ho/Ls 0.10
Relative run up R/Ho 2 (refer table 2 and figure 4)
Run up R 10.03 m
Type of pitching on embankment Hand placed riprap-laid flat
Recommended coefficient 0.75 (refer table 2)
Designed Run up Ra 7.52
Dam height 200.00 2
Average depth of reservoir in m 100 m (assume half of dam height)
Wind speed set up 0.05 m
Free board required 7.58 m
Adopt free board 8.00 m

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