Internal Pressure

Water hammer
P4

Normal Transient Emergency

Performance Level P2 Transient P3

Normal Operation

Empty pipe

Normal Operation YES

Filling YES

Emergency
Operation

Equipment Failure
or Operator Fault YES

Extreme
Temperature
Change YES

Sudden draining YES

Survivability
Condition
Earthquake, Plant
operating YES

Earthquake, pipe
empty

Slam closure or flow

resonance YES
Loads
Live Loads

Dead Loads EQ. Loads Temp. Variation

Traffic L5

Internal water
Pipe D1 D2 Soil D3 EQ Normal T1 Extreme T2

YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES YES

YES YES YES YES YES

Flood wall and
retaining wall
Lateral earth
Water Pressure
Dead pressure
Loading Condition Live Load Uplift
Load Hill side River side Design
100 yrs 200 yrs
backfill backfill Level
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

Diversion weir
and undersluice
Lateral earth
Water Pressure
Dead pressure
Loading Condition Live Load Silt water Uplift Design
Load 100 yrs 200 yrs
pressure pressure Level
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

Intake
Lateral earth
Water Pressure
Dead pressure
Loading Condition Live Load Hill side River side Uplift Design
Load 100 yrs 200 yrs
backfill backfill Level
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

 Gravel Trap
EQ Lateral
earth Water Pressure
Loading Condition Dead
Live Load pressure Uplift
Load Hill side Design
100 yrs
backfill Level
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

Gravel Trap
EQ Lateral
earth Water Pressure
Loading Condition Dead
Live Load pressure Uplift
Load Hill side Design
100 yrs
backfill Level
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

EQ

Water Pressure
EQ
200 yrs

Water Pressure
EQ
200 yrs

Diversion weir
and undersluice
u/s Pressure
Loading Condition Dead
Live Load Silt Design
Load
pressure flood
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

Intake cross
section anlaysis
Lateral earth pressure Water Pressure
Loading Condition Dead
Live Load Hill side Hill side River side River side
Load Surge
backfill saturation backfill saturation
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

 Intake cross
section anlaysis
u/s pressure
Loading Condition Dead
200 yrs 200 yrs uplift EQ Live Load Design
Load
flood flood flood
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

Water Pressure
Design EQ
head

 Intake

u/s pressure u/s pressure

Loading Condition Dead
100 yrs 200 yrs uplift EQ Live Load Design
Load
flood flood flood
Normal

Unusual


Extreme

u/s pressure d/s Pressure
100 yrs 200 yrs Design 100 yrs 200 yrs uplift EQ
flood flood flood flood flood