Revision of Final Design and Preparation of Detail Designs for BeydaÄŸ RCC Dam – Turkey

Project Name: Revision of Final Design and Preparation of Detail Designs for BeydaÄŸ RCC Dam

Country: TURKEY

Finance Source: DSI (State Hydraulic Works)

Tags: Turkey, Local, HEPP, Design

Narrative Description of Project:

Beydağ Dam is located in Küçük Menderes River for the irrigation of 10910 ha. Its height in 95.0 m above foundation and 54.0 m above the thalweg. The embankment is originally designed as clay cored rockfill to impound 248.275 million m3 of water. Later on, type of dam body was modified as RCC. The diversion tunnel 584.5 m long with an inner diameter of 5.00 m has a capacity of 151 m3/sec.

The uncontrolled spillway on the right bank has a capacity of 1275 m3/sec. Its ogee crested 60 m long weir is designed for a head of 4.75 m. Rectangular chute channel is 60.0 m long and 60 m wide at the beginning. It reaches a width of 40.0 before entering the stilling basin type energy dissipator.

Description of Actual Services provided by TEMELSU:

After the revision of the final designs, the detail designs for diversion structures, spillway, dam foundation grouting, valve chamber and outlet structures were prepared.