tion.
The
maximum storage
level
achieved during the
year
1960 was 448.36m(1,471
ft) above mean sea
level
on 3 t
August. Water
releases were
made
through
river
outlets
and draft
tubes of
the Left
Bank
Power
Plant.
Power was
first
generated
in
1960.
Reservoir
level could
thus not
be depleted
below
El. 438.91
m
(1,440
ft)
above
mean sea
'level,
the
minimum
level
required
for
power generation.
During
the
year
1961,
water was
stored upto
El.
473.96 m
(1,555
ft)
above sea level.
Ftood
water
was passed
over blocks 18-22
kept
at
elevation 470
m
(1542
ft)
,above
mean sea level with
temporary
crest
walls at elevation 472.44
m
(1,550
ft)
above
mean
sea
level
at downstream
end, near spillway slope.
4.3
Damage
to
Spillway
The
spillway apron
was
dewatered
after
the
flood
season
of
1958.
Inspection showed that boulders
and
gravel
had
been sucked
into the hydraulic
pool
from
the
downstream river bed
and concrete surface
had
been
abraded
to a depth
of
5
to 8 cm
(2
to
3 in.).
The
spillway was
cleared
of all
muck
and'the
river
bed
downstream
of the spillway
apron
was
paved.
There
was
again
very
heavy
flow
over the
partially
during
1959.
The
apron
was
cleared
of
all the
muck
with
the
help
of divers.
Detailed
inspection
by the divers
and
survey
after the
clearance
showed
that
:
(f)
There
was
general abrasion
of
concrete
of the
order
of
tS
to
23 cm
(6
to 9 in.)
all over
the
spillway
surface
except
in
the
downstream
30 m
(100 ft)
length-
(ttt)
The
maximum
depth
9f.
a
pit--
was
1'06 m
(3.5
ft)
near
the
left
training
wall-
(iu)
Pits
were
also
found
on
-the
sloping..
apron'
about
0.6
m
(2
f0
deep,
where
hydraulic
jump
is
formed.
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4.4
Repairs
to
Spitlway
erosion
by
high
velocity water
jet.
The
maximum
28
days compressive strength
so far
achieved
using
standard
Portland
Cement
and
Bhakra
aggregates
is 506.16
kg/sq cm
(7,2ffi
p.s.i.).
The
compressive
strength
has
gone
to 541.85
kg/sq cm'
(7,850
p.s.i.)
at an
age
of 180
days
by
using l-27 cm
(*
in.) maximum size of aggregate.
The corresponding
value of
concrete
placed
under-
water is
421.8
kg/sq
cm
(6,000
p.s.i.)
after 28
days
setting time.
As a result
of above, concrete
used
for
under-
water repairs
to
spillway apron is
as
follows
:
Maximum
size of aggregate
I.92
cm
Gla
in.)
Water cement
ratio
SIump
0.31
10.16
cm:tl.27 cm
(4in.
t*in.)
Following
precautions
are taken to
provide
a
bond
between
the
old
and
the
new concrete:
(t)
Sides
of
the
pits
are cut
vertical where
possible
to
depth
of
22.9
cm
(9
in.)
with
a
pneumatic
paving
breaker by the
divers to'avoid
feather
edge
concrete.
Bed
of the
pit
is
also
roughened.
(tt)
Deformed
steel bar dowels 1.5
m
(5
f0 long
and
2.54
cm
(1
in.) in diameter
with
lower
ends
split and
wedged are
provided
at
0.91
m
(3
ft) centres.
The dowels are
inserted
into
3.81
cm
(1|
in.)
diameter
1.5 m
(5
ft)
deep
t"--_-*--_
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