Code No: RR320104 Set No.

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III B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2007
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-II
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Discuss the classification of reservoirs in detail.

(b) Explain how the capacity of a reservoir is determined with the help of mass
curve.
[8+8]

2. (a) Explain under what circumstances would you adopt a gravity dam and earth-
ern dam.
(b) What are the factors which effect the selection of type of a dam. Explain.
[8+8]

3. (a) Explain how and why elementary profile of gravity dam is modified to give
practical profile with the help of neat sketches.
(b) What do you understand by stability analysis of a gravity dam. Discuss two
methods generally used. [8+8]

4. (a) Describe a typical zoned earth dam with the help of a neat sketch. Also
describe the significance of various zones in zoned dams. [8]
(b) A homogeneous earthen dam is 21.5m high and has a free board of 1.5m. A
flow net was constructed and the following results were noted.
Number of potential drops = 12
Number of flow channels =3
The dam has a horizontal filter of 15m length at its drawdown end. Calculate
the discharge per metre length of the dam if the coefficient of permeability of
the dam material is 2.7 × 10−3 cm/sec. [8]

5. (a) Explain the qualities of a good siphon. Describe with the help of a sketch, the
working of a volute siphon.
(b) A siphon spillway has height of the throat 1.5m and width of throat 4 m.
At the design flow, the tail water elevation is 7m below the summit of the
siphon and the head water elevation is 2 m above the summit. Taking cd
as 0.6 and treating siphon as a mouthpiece determine the capacity of siphon.
Also determine the head that would be required on an ogee spillway 3.8m long
to discharge this flow if cd is 2.25. What length of this ogee weir would be
required to discharge the same flow with a head of 2.2m on the crest, assuming
the cd to be constant as 2.25. [8+8]

6. (a) Discuss various methods used for energy dissipation below spillways.

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(b) Calculate discharge over a spillway, crest length 100m, wherein water flow
depth changes from 1m to 4m in hydraulic jump formation in stilling fasin.
[8+8]

7. Design crest wall and cistern of a sarda type fall on a channel of 15 cumecs, bed
width 18m, depth 1.5m, U/S FSL 101m, bed level is 99.5m, No supply Level is
90.00m, Fall 1.0m, side slope is 1/2 :1. Assume suitable missing data. [16]

8. (a) Describe the classification of aqueducts in detail. Also explain under what
circumstances each one is used.
(b) Explain mitra’s method of hyperbolic transition. Derive the equation you use.
[8+8]

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Code No: RR320104 Set No. 2
III B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2007
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-II
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What do you mean by reservoir planning. What are the uses and disadvantages
of reservoirs. Explain.
(b) Monthly flow rate in million cubic metres of a river are given below. What
would be the maximum storage capacity when 85 cumecs of water is drawn at
a uniform rate for power generation. If the reservoir capacity is fixed at 710
million cubic metres, what uniform rate of with drawal is possible. Assume a
month is equal to 30 days. [8+8]

Capacity /Inflow 0.67 0.53 0.40 0.27 0.13

Trap efficiency % 98 96 94 90 84

2. (a) Describe the effect of wave pressure and silt pressure on gravity dams with
the help of neat sketches.
(b) Discuss I.S. recommendations for different combination of loading during the
design of gravity dams. [8+8]

3. (a) Derive the expressions for principal stress and shear stress at toe and heel of
the gravity dam.
(b) Describe foundation treatment to the given in respect of gravity dams. [8+8]

4. (a) Explain casagrande’s solution for determining phreatic line in an earthen dam
with horizontal drainage filter.
(b) Discuss upstream and downstream slope protection of earthen dams. [8+8]

5. (a) Compare and contrast standard crested shaft spillway and Flat crested shaft
spillway.
(b) Determine the discharge through a chute spillway of ogee crest. Length of
spillway is 250m. Height of spillway crest above u/s approach channel is 10
m. Width of approach channel is 250 m and depth of water over spillway crest
is 5m. Assume coefficient of discharge as 2.5 neglecting velocity of approach.
[8+8]

6. (a) Discuss energy dissipation below spillways.

(b) What is Hydraulic Jump? Describe hydraulic jump Computations by giving
different expressions involved in it. [8+8]

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7. (a) Explain kennedy’s gauge outlet and explain the use of it. Draw a neat sketch
of it.
(b) Write a detailed note on montague type fall. How does it differ from glacis
fall.
[8+8]

8. (a) Explain Hinds method of designing canal transitions.

(b) Explain inlet, outlet and inlet and outlet. [8+8]

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Code No: RR320104 Set No. 3
III B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2007
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-II
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Define surcharge storage, valley storage, safe yield and secondary yield.
(b) Work out the life of a reservoir with an initial reservoir capacity of 30 million
cubic metres, if the annual flood inflow is 60 million cubic metres and the
average annual sediment inflow is 3,60,000 tonnes. Assume specific weight of
sediment equal to 1200 kg/m3 . The useful life of the reservoir will terminate
when 80% of initial capacity is filled with sediment. [8+8]

Capacity/Inflow 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
Trap efficiency % 87 93 95 95.5 96 96.5 97 97.2 97.3 97.5

2. (a) Discuss the geological and topographical features which effect the selection of
type of dam. [8]
(b) Differentiate between:
i. Overflow and Non-overflow dam
ii. Low dam and high dam
iii. Rigid and Non-Rigid dam
iv. Storage Dam and Diversion dam [8]

3. (a) Explain how and why elementary profile of gravity dam is modified to give
practical profile with the help of neat sketches.
(b) What do you understand by stability analysis of a gravity dam. Discuss two
methods generally used. [8+8]

4. (a) Write a detailed note on filter criteria for earth dam.

(b) State classificaton rolled fill dam. Why the zoned earth dam is considered
superior to other types. [8+8]

5. (a) Explain the qualities of a good siphon. Describe with the help of a sketch, the
working of a volute siphon.
(b) A siphon spillway has height of the throat 1.5m and width of throat 4 m.
At the design flow, the tail water elevation is 7m below the summit of the
siphon and the head water elevation is 2 m above the summit. Taking cd
as 0.6 and treating siphon as a mouthpiece determine the capacity of siphon.
Also determine the head that would be required on an ogee spillway 3.8m long

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to discharge this flow if cd is 2.25. What length of this ogee weir would be
required to discharge the same flow with a head of 2.2m on the crest, assuming
the cd to be constant as 2.25. [8+8]

6. (a) Discuss various methods used for energy dissipation below spillways.
(b) Calculate discharge over a spillway, crest length 100m, wherein water flow
depth changes from 1m to 4m in hydraulic jump formation in stilling fasin.
[8+8]

7. Design crest wall and cistern of a sarda type fall on a channel of 15 cumecs, bed
width 18m, depth 1.5m, U/S FSL 101m, bed level is 99.5m, No supply Level is
90.00m, Fall 1.0m, side slope is 1/2 :1. Assume suitable missing data. [16]

8. (a) Discuss the factors governing the suitable type of a cross drainage work.
(b) Describe syphon aqueduct with a neat sketch. [8+8]

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Code No: RR320104 Set No. 4
III B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations, Apr/May 2007
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-II
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What do you understand by single purpose and multipurpose reservoirs. Un-
der what conditions do you go for multipurpose projects.
(b) The following table gives mean monthly runoff of a river. Draw a mass curve
and find the capacity of reservoir for 100% utilization of water at constant
regulated flow. [16]

Month Runoff(m3 /sec) Month Runoff(m3 /sec)

April 80 October 30
May 40 November 20
June 9 December 40
July 10 January 50
August 20 February 60
September 40 March 120

2. (a) Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of gravity dam, arch dam,
buttress dam and earth dam.
(b) Enumerate the various considerations in the selection of type of dam with
specific emphasis on topography. [8+8]

3. (a) Write short notes on

i. Joints in concrete gravity dam and
ii. Hydrodynamic pressure acting on a gravity dam.
(b) Design the practical profile of a gravity dam with the following data.
R.L of base of dam = 1320
R.L of HFL = 1355
Specific gravity of dam material = 2.4
Height of waves = 1m
Safe compressive stress = 120 t/m2 . [8+8]

4. (a) Describe a typical zoned earth dam with the help of a neat sketch. Also
describe the significance of various zones in zoned dams. [8]
(b) A homogeneous earthen dam is 21.5m high and has a free board of 1.5m. A
flow net was constructed and the following results were noted.
Number of potential drops = 12
Number of flow channels =3

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The dam has a horizontal filter of 15m length at its drawdown end. Calculate
the discharge per metre length of the dam if the coefficient of permeability of
the dam material is 2.7 × 10−3 cm/sec. [8]

5. (a) Define spillway. What is the necessity of a spillway. Mention functions of a

spillway
(b) Describe ogee spillway and sketch an ogee profile. How it is designed. [8+8]

6. (a) What do you mean Jump height curve and tail water curve. Describe the
significance of these two curves.
(b) Explain the design procedure for the standard stilling basing type-1. [8+8]

7. Design crest wall and cistern of a sarda type fall on a channel of 15 cumecs, bed
width 18m, depth 1.5m, U/S FSL 101m, bed level is 99.5m, No supply Level is
90.00m, Fall 1.0m, side slope is 1/2 :1. Assume suitable missing data. [16]

8. (a) What is a cross drainage work. What are different types of cross drainage
works.
(b) Describe with a neat sketch aqueduct. [8+8]

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