Sediment and Cavitation Erosion Studies through Dam Tunnels

Table 7

Velocity at different locations of Tunnel 2 under different head and varying sediment flow rates.

Head	Sediment flow rate (kg/sec)	Main bend	Main branch	Out1	Out2	Out3	Out4	Out5	Out6
High	0.00005	41.4	54.8	38.7	17.0	20.4	32.9	43.7	30.2
	50	41.4	54.8	38.7	17.0	20.4	32.9	43.7	30.2
Low	0.00005	31.0	41.0	29.0	12.8	15.3	24.6	32.8	22.6
	50	31.0	41.0	29.0	12.8	15.3	24.6	32.8	22.6