Design of Hydraulic

Structures

Coordinator: Dr. Issa Elias Issa

Dams
and
Water
Resources
Engineering
Department
E-mail: issa.elias70@gmail.com
Web:
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INTRODUCTION
What
is the
Structure (HS)?

Hydraulic

HS is the structure submerged or partially submerged in any

body of water, which disrupt the natural flow of water.
Development of water resources.

Types of Hydraulic
Structures
Storage
Diversion
Transportation
Regulation
Control
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Course contents
1. Introduction of the (HS), Purposes of HS, Types of DS.
2. HSs on Permeable Foundations, Design of concrete floor using
Blighs Creep, Lanes Weighted Creep, and Khoslas Theories.
3. Hydraulic Jump and Stilling Basins, Hydraulic Jump Energy Loss,
Stilling Basins,
4. Transitions , Types of Transitions, Design of Transitions.
5. Head and Cross Regulators, Functions of Head and Cross
Regulators, Design Criteria.
6. Canal Falls, Types of Falls, Selection of type of Fall, Design of
Falls.
7. Cross drainage Works, Types of Cross Drainage Works, Design of
Aqueduct.
8. Inverted Syphons, Hydraulic Design of Inverted Syphons.
9. Culverts, Hydraulic of Pipe Culverts, Alignment, Profile, Conduit.
Design capacity.
10.Baffled outlet, Hydraulic Design of Baffled Outlets.
11.Baffled apron drop, Hydraulic Design of Baffled Apron Drop. 3

Evaluation

Quiz (6) +Assignments 14%.

Minor exam I (course 1) 13%.
Minor exam II (course 2) 13%.
Final exam 60%

References:
1.P. Novak, A. I. B. Moffat, C. Nalluri and R. Narayanan, Hydraulic
Structures, Taylor and Francis, U. K.
2.R. M. Khatsuria, Hydraulics of Spillways and Energy Dissipaters,
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.
4.Varshney, R.S., Gupta, S.C., Gupta, R.L., N.C. Jain, Theory and
Design of Irrigation Structure., at Roorkee press, Roorkee,
India, 1982.
5.Chow, Ven te. 1959. Open-channels Hydraulics. McGraw-Hill,
New York.
6.Garg, S.K., Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures,
Khanna Publishers, Delhi, 1976.
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1. Storage Structures
Store water at surplus location during surplus or flood
period.

i.
Dams

1. Storage Structures
i.
Dams

HS in Iraq

1. Storage Structures
ii. Head works

2. Diversion Structures

3. Transportation Structures
i. Culverts

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3. Transportation Structures
ii. Syphon

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3. Transportation Structures
ii.
Aqueduct

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4. Regulation structures
ii. Spillways

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4. Regulation structures
ii. Spillways

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4. Regulation structures
ii. Gates

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5. Control structures

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Hydraulic structures in Iraq

1. Mosul Dam
2. Duhok Dam
3. Derbendikhan Dam
4. Dukan Dam
5. Dibbis Regulator
6. Adhaim Dam
7. Hemren Dam
8. Haditha Dam
9. Tharthar Diversion Structure.
10. Samarra Barrage
11. Ramadi Barrage Structure.
12. Warrar Regulator
13. Kut Barrage
14. Gharraf Head Regulators
15. Hindiya Barrage
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