Friday, February 21, 2020

CISTERNS – A cistern is provided on the downstream portion of a canal fall to dissipate the surplus energy of water leaving the crest. In a vertical impact cistern, the flow from upstream fall freely under gravity after passing the crest and meet the cistern on the downstream bed. If there is no cistern on the downstream side, the downstream floor may be damaged by the impact created by the vertically falling water. Some part of the downstream bed up to a certain length is depressed into the ground and this depressed portion is filled with water to create water cushion. Hence, when the flow falls from the crest, it meets the water cushion first and energy gets dissipated by means of impact and also the direction flow changes from vertical to the horizontal direction. Vertical impact cistern is the most effective cistern among other types. Horizontal impact cistern contains sloping glacis of reverse curvature at its bottom. When the water stream is passed over the crest, it flows to the downstream through sloping glacis provided.

Hydraulic Jump Formation at the Bottom of Sloping Glacis
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No Impact on Cistern due to low height canal fallCistern and its Types
Sadanandam Anupoju



A cistern is an element of canal fall and it is provided on the downstream portion to dissipate the surplus energy of water leaving the crest. 
The purpose of a cistern and different types of cisterns are briefly explained in this article.
Purpose of Cistern
The main purposes of a cistern are as follows :
To protect the downstream floor from the impact created by water jet/fall.
To dissipate the energy of the waterfall by providing a water cushion.
To generate backflow of water by installing end-wall to ensure an impact in the cistern.
Types of Cisterns
Cisterns are classified into four types based on the type of impact :
Vertical Impact Cistern
Horizontal Impact Cistern
Inclined Impact Cistern
Cistern without impact
1. Vertical Impact Cistern
In case of vertical impact cistern, the flow from upstream fall freely under gravity after passing the crest and meet the cistern provided on the downstream bed.
Vertical Impact Cistern
Vertical Impact Cistern
If there is no cistern on the downstream side, the downstream floor may be damaged by the impact created by the vertically falling water stream.
To provide cistern, some part of the downstream bed up to a certain length is depressed into the ground and this depressed portion is filled with water to create water cushion.
Vertical Impact on Downstream Bed
Vertical Impact on Downstream Bed
Hence, when the flow falls from the crest, it meets the water cushion first and energy gets dissipated by means of impact and also the direction flow changes from vertical to the horizontal direction.
Vertical impact cistern is the most effective cistern among other types.

2. Horizontal Impact Cistern
Horizontal impact cistern contains sloping glacis of reverse curvature at its bottom.
When the water stream is passed over the crest, it flows to the downstream through sloping glacis provided.
Horizontal Impact Cistern

Horizontal Impact Cistern
Here the flow is in inclined supercritical condition.
When the flow reaches the bottom of the sloping glacis, the direction of flow changes from inclined to horizontal and flow condition remains supercritical.
Hydraulic Jump Formation at the Bottom of Sloping Glacis
Hydraulic Jump Formation at the Bottom of Sloping Glacis
At the bottom of the sloping glacis, the supercritical flow strikes the subcritical flow of the downstream water stream and hence horizontal impact will be created thus hydraulic jump will be formed. Due to the formation of a hydraulic jump, the energy gets dissipated.
3. Inclined Impact Cistern
In case of inclined impact cistern, sloping glacis is provided to carry the flow to the downstream but here reverse curvature at the bottom of glacis is eliminated.
Hence, the formation of hydraulic jump occurs on the glacis itself and the energy gets dissipated.
But it is not possible to dissipate the complete energy of water stream since the stream has a vertical component of a supercritical jet while on glacis.
However, provision of roughening devices such as baffle wall, deflectors, biff wall, friction clocks etc. on the inclined impact cistern is helpful to dissipate the excess energy.
But to provide roughening devices, the cistern length provided should be more.
4. Cistern without impact
No Impact on Cistern due to low height canal fall

No Impact on Cistern due to low height canal fall

Cistern without impact or no impact cistern will not have any hydraulic impact.
This case can be seen in low height canal falls or canal falls with large submergence where it is not possible to develop hydraulic jump.
In such cases, roughening devices are installed on the cistern to dissipate the energy of water flow.

Sadanandam Anupoju is a Civil Engineer and is an Author, Editor and Partner of The Constructor since 2016.
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