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The document provides information and examples on calculating seepage discharge and drawing the phreatic line for earth dams. It includes the equations and steps to determine the coordinates of key points, the equation of the base parabola, and uses these to calculate seepage discharge for given dam parameters.

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The document provides information and examples on calculating seepage discharge and drawing the phreatic line for earth dams. It includes the equations and steps to determine the coordinates of key points, the equation of the base parabola, and uses these to calculate seepage discharge for given dam parameters.

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Example:

An earth dam made of a homogeneous material has the following data:


Coefficient of permeability of dam material = 5x10 -4cm/sec
Level of top of dam =200m
Level of deepest river bed =178m
H.F.L. of reservoir = 19.5m
Width of the top of dam = 4.5m
Upstream slope = 3:1
Downstream slope =2:1
Determine the phreatic line for this dam section and the discharge passing through the dam.
Solution:
Since there is no horizontal filter the focus point (F) will be at the toe of the dam as origin, and
the equation of the base parabola is given by;

Now, ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ = 0.3x(19.5x3) = 17.5m


So the coordinates of point A with respect to F as origin are (73.5m, 19.5m).
Substituting these ordinates in the equation of parabola, we get

√
= 2.54m
The vertex of the base parabola (pt C) shall be situated at = 1.27m from point F, beyond the toe
of the dam.
Now, we can derive some values of x,y coordinates using the equation as,
As d/s slope is given as 2:1 which implies that
√
tan-1(1/2) = 26.56o …. α < 30o
√
2
0 2.54 𝑏′ 𝑏′ 𝐻2
Then, 𝑎 − −
cos 𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝛼
10 7.68
Where, b’ =56m
20 10.39
30 12.61
H = 19.5m
40 14.48 Sin 26.56o = 0.447
50 16.14 Cos 26.54o = 0.894
60 17.64 56 562 19 52
𝑎 − 2
−
70 19.02 0 894 0 894 0 4472

73.5 19.5 = 17.7m

Hence, using the x,y coordinate and the distance a (point k) the phreatic line BIK is completed.
And the discharge through the dam section will be

=5x10-6x2.54
=12.7x10-6 m2/s/m length of dam
Example:
A flow net is platted for a homogeneous earthen dam of height 22m and freeboard 2m. the results
obtained are,
Number of potential drops = 10
Number of flow channels = 4
The dam has a horizontal filter of 30m length at the d/s end and the coefficient of permeability of
the dam material is 5x10-4cm/s. Calculate the discharge per m of the dam.
Solution;
The discharge through a dam section is given by;
Where, K = 5x10-4cm/s = 5x10-6 m/s.

H = 22-2 = 20m
Nf = 4
Nd = 10
-6 2
⸫ = 40x10 m /s/m length of dam
Assignment 2:
A section of a homogeneous earth dam is shown below. Calculate the seepage
discharge per meter length through the body of the dam and draw the phreatic line
in a mm paper. The coefficient of permeability of the dam material may be taken
as 8x10-5 m/s.
4m

2m

12m

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