Hydraulics

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The hydraulic design of a dam includes a knowledge of, but not limited to, the following foundational topics: pressurized and free-surface flow, uniform flow, gradually and rapidly varied flow, steady and unsteady flow, energy and momentum principles, energy losses, and cavitation.

Hydraulic Design Criteria

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Types of Evaluations

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• Hydraulic Performance of Spillways

• Hydraulic Performance of Outlet Works

• Dam Breach Inundation Analysis

• Scour Analysis

• Tailwater Modeling

Types of Hydraulic Modeling

• One-Dimensional Hydraulic Models

• Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Models

• Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Models

Examples

Best Practices Resources

Trainings

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Revision ID: 2703
Revision Date: 09/09/2022