Design Calculation for Fixed Screen

Lecotech Engineering Sdn Bhd

Project: Rumah Pam dan "intake channel" Bagan Terap, Sabak Bernam Selangor.

Details Design value units Results Remarks

General
Channel Width (W) 4.00 m
Channel Height (H) 6.00 m
Max. Water Head (h) 1.50 m
Fixed Screen
Angle of Inclination (ε) 75.00 deg
Vertical Bar
Bar thickness 9.00 mm
Bar width 75.00 mm
Clear Spacing 144.00 mm
No. of vertical bar 27.00 ul
Sizing

Horizontal Bar
Bar thickness 5.00 mm
Bar width 50.00 mm
Clear Spacing 600.00 mm
No. of horizintal bar 8.00 ul
Horizontal C-Channel
C-Channel thickness 5.00 mm
C-Channel Height 120.00 mm
C-Channel Flange 60.00 mm
No. of horizontal C-Channel 3.00 ul
Max. Spacing 2400.00 mm

2.1 Max. Allowable Differential Head 0.20 m

Design Requirement

Flow Requirement
2.2 Min. Flow Capacity of Screen 1.8 m3/s

2.50 ul Vibration Requirement

2.3 Min. Ratio natural frequency (fn) / forcing frequency due to flow (fs)

2.4 Max. allowable Stress (75% from SS304 yield strength) 157.50 N/mm2
Strength Requirement
2.5 Min vertical bar deflection < l/600 1.00 mm
2.6 Min horizontal c-channel deflection < l/600 6.67 mm

Approach Velocity
Discharge trough screen panel, Qmin 1.80 m3/s
Area of clear opening, A 5.40 m2
Approach Velocity, v 0.33 m/s
Headloss
Angle of Inclination, ε 75.00 deg
Acceleration, g 9.81 m2/s
Bar shape factor, B1 2.34 ul
Flow Requirement

Coefficient, K 0.004 ul
Max. Allowable Differential Head, h Lmax 0.20 m

0.000051 m OK (2.1) ℎ =𝐵 ×𝐾× × sin 𝜀

Headloss, hL

Flow Capacity of Fixed Screen

Max. Water Head, h 1.50 m
Clear Spacing, d 0.14 m
No. of Clear Space, n 25.00 ul
Orifice coefficient, C 0.60 ul
Min. required Flow Capacity, Q min 1.80 m3/s
ℎ
(ℎ − 3 )
Flow Capacity of Screen, Q max 5.76 m3/s OK (2.2) 𝑄 = (𝑛 × 𝐶 × 𝑑) × ℎ × 2𝑔 ×
sin 𝜀
 Forcing frequency due to flow
Bar thickness, t 0.01 m
Approach Velocity, v 0.33 m/s
Strouhal number for rectangular section, S 0.27 ul
𝑣×𝑆
Forcing frequency due to flow, f s 10.00 Hz 𝑓 =
𝑡
Natural frequency
Vibration Requirement

Coefficient of natural frequency of bars having fixed ends, C 3.56 ul

Length of bars between bracing members, L 2.40 m
Bar width, b 0.08 m
Modulus of elasticity, E 200.00 Gpa
SS304 Density 7900.00 kg/m3
Bar mass, m 5.33 kg/m
Moment of inertia, I 0.000000316 m4
Acceleration, g 9.81 m2/s
𝐸×𝐼×𝑔
Natural frequency, fn 210.88 Hz 𝑓 =𝐶×
𝑚×𝐿
Ratio fn/fs 2.50 ul

Ratio fn/fs 21.09 ul OK (2.3)

Loading on Fixed Screen

Bar thickness, t 0.009 m
No. of vertical bar, n 27.00 ul
Max. Water head , h 1.500 m
Effective Area of Screen, A 0.365 m2
Water Density, ρw 1000 kg/m3
Acceleration, g 9.810 m2/s
Angle of Inclination, ε 75.00 deg
𝑔×𝜌 ×ℎ×𝐴
Water Pressure against Screen, F w 5552.83 N 𝐹 =
sin 𝜀
Vertical Bar Strength
Bar width, b 0.075 m
Length of bars between bracing members, L 0.600 m
Modulus of elasticity, E 200.0 Gpa
Moment of inertia, I 0.00000032 m4
Area of Modulus, Wb 0.00000844 m3
𝐹
Distributed Load, ω 9254.7 N/m 𝜔=
𝐿
𝜔×𝐿
Bending Moment, Mb 416.5 Nm 𝑀 =
8
Max. allowable load, σmax 157.50 N/mm2
𝑀
Load on Single Vertical Bar, σb 49.36 N/mm2 OK (2.4) 𝜎 =
𝑊
Max. allowable vertical bar deflection, δmax 1.00 mm
5×𝜔×𝐿
Strength Requirement

Vertical bar deflection, δ 0.25 mm OK (2.5) 𝛿=

384 × 𝐸 × 𝐼
C-Channel and Horizontal bar Strength (Bracing member)
C-Channel thickness (a) 0.005 m
C-Channel Height (b) 0.120 m
C-Channel Flange (e) 0.060 m
No. of horizontal C-Channel, n 3.000 ul
Bar thickness 0.005 m
Bar width 0.050 m
Bar Qty 8.000 ul
Total Cross section Area of bar 0.00200000 m2
Total Cross section Area of C-Channel 0.00345000 m2
Natural line of bar (Cb1) 0.02500000 m
Natural line of C-Channel (Cb2) 0.06000000 m
Combined Natural Line, y 0.04715596 m
Moment of inertia of C-Channel, I0c 0.00000254 m4
Moment of inertia of Horizontal bar, I 0b 0.00000005 m4
Total moment of inertia of C-Channel, Ic 0.00000311 m4
𝐼 = 𝐼 + 𝐴 × (𝐶 − 𝑦)
Total moment of inertia of Horizontal bar, I b 0.00000103 m4
Total moment of inertia, I 0.00000414 m4
𝐼
Area of Modulus, Wb 0.00008785 m3 𝑊 =
𝑦
C-Channel length, L 4.000 m
𝐹
Distributed Load, ω 1388.206 N/m 𝜔=
𝐿
𝜔×𝐿
Bending Moment, Mb 2776.41 Nm 𝑀 =
8
Max. allowable load, σmax 157.50 N/mm2
𝑀
Load on Single C-Channel, σb 31.60 N/mm2 OK (2.4) 𝜎 =
𝑊
Max. allowable c-channel deflection, δmax 6.67 mm
5×𝜔×𝐿
C-Channel deflection, δ 5.59 mm OK (2.6) 𝛿=
384 × 𝐸 × 𝐼