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    Galleries in Gravity Dams:: Foundation Gallery

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    Galleries are horizontal or sloping openings in gravity dams that run longitudinally or transversely and are provided at various elevations. They are interconnected by steep passages or vertical shafts. Constructing galleries in RCC dams is difficult due to formwork interfering with equipment access; alternative methods involve excavating non-cemented fill after the RCC hardens. Galleries serve purposes like draining water from the foundation or dam body, allowing inspection and access inside the dam, and providing space for pipes and equipment. The main types are drainage, foundation, grouting, gate, and inspection galleries.

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    Galleries in Gravity Dams:: Foundation Gallery

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    Galleries are horizontal or sloping openings in gravity dams that run longitudinally or transversely and are provided at various elevations. They are interconnected by steep passages or vertical shafts. Constructing galleries in RCC dams is difficult due to formwork interfering with equipment access; alternative methods involve excavating non-cemented fill after the RCC hardens. Galleries serve purposes like draining water from the foundation or dam body, allowing inspection and access inside the dam, and providing space for pipes and equipment. The main types are drainage, foundation, grouting, gate, and inspection galleries.

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    Galleries are horizontal or sloping openings in gravity dams that run longitudinally or transversely and are provided at various elevations. They are interconnected by steep passages or vertical shafts. Constructing galleries in RCC dams is difficult due to formwork interfering with equipment access; alternative methods involve excavating non-cemented fill after the RCC hardens. Galleries serve purposes like draining water from the foundation or dam body, allowing inspection and access inside the dam, and providing space for pipes and equipment. The main types are drainage, foundation, grouting, gate, and inspection galleries.

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    Galleries in Gravity Dams:: Foundation Gallery

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    Galleries are horizontal or sloping openings in gravity dams that run longitudinally or transversely and are provided at various elevations. They are interconnected by steep passages or vertical shafts. Constructing galleries in RCC dams is difficult due to formwork interfering with equipment access; alternative methods involve excavating non-cemented fill after the RCC hardens. Galleries serve purposes like draining water from the foundation or dam body, allowing inspection and access inside the dam, and providing space for pipes and equipment. The main types are drainage, foundation, grouting, gate, and inspection galleries.

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    Galleries in Gravity Dams:

    Galleries are the horizontal or sloping openings or passages left in the body of the dam. They
    may run longitudinally (i.e. parallel to dam axis) or traverselly (i.e. normal to the dam axis)
    and are provided at various elevations. All the galleries are interconnected by steeply sloping
    passages or by vertical shafts fitted with stairs or mechanical lifts.
    Constructing a gallery in a RCC dam is difficult because expensive formwork often interferes
    with the construction equipment’s access to the dam. Alternative methods include placing a
    non-cemented fill in the region designated to be the gallery, and then excavating the material
    after the RCC has hardened. This method allows direct inspection of the concrete, whereas
    construction with wood formwork hides the RCC from inspection.

    Function and types of galleries in Dams:


    Foundation Gallery:
    A gallery provided in a dam may serve one particular purpose or more than one purpose. For
    example, a gallery provided near the rock foundation, serves to drain off the water which
    percolates through the foundations. This gallery is called a foundation gallery or a drainage
    gallery.
    Function:
    It runs longitudinally and is quite near to the upstream face of the dam. Drain holes are drilled
    from the floors of this gallery after the foundation grouting has been completed. Seepages is
    collected through these drain holes. • Besides draining off seepage water, it may be helpful
    for drilling and grouting of the foundations, when this cannot be done from the surface of the
    dam.
    Inspection Galleries:
    The water which seeps through the body of the dam is collected by means of a system of
    galleries provided at various elevations and interconnected by vertical shafts, etc. All these
    galleries, besides draining off seepage water, serves inspection purpose. • They provide
    access to the interior of the dam and are, therefore, called inspection purposes. They
    generally serve other purposes along with this purpose.
    Function:
    The main functions are summarized below:
     They intercept and drain off the water seeping through the dam body.
     They provide access to dam interior for observing and controlling the behavior of the
    dam.
     They provide enough space for carrying pipes, etc. during artificial cooling of
    concrete
    Drainage galleries:
    A gallery is a small passage in a dam for providing an access to the interior of the dam. The
    gallery is usually rectangular in shape with its top and bottom either flat or semicircular. For
    a gallery with its top and bottom flat, it is necessary that all the corners should be rounded.
    The width of gallery generally varies from 1.5 to 1.8 m. The height of the gallery in between
    2.2 to 2.4 m, so that a person can easily walk inside it.

    Types of gallery based onuses:


    1) Drainage gallery
    2) Foundation gallery
    3) Grouting gallery
    4) Gate gallery
    5) Inspection gallery
    Functions of gallery:
     To provide drainage of the damsection.
     To provide spacefor equipment required for drilling holes andgrouting the hole to
    form a groutcurtain in the foundation.
     To provide space for header andreturn pipes for post cooling ofconcrete.
     A gallery provides an access to theinterior of the dam for inspection and maintenance.
     A Gallery also provides space for installing various instruments inthe dam to study its
    structural behavior.
     A gallery can provide space forthe mechanical and electricalequipment required for
    theoperation of gates for spillways andoutlets.

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