System Design Process of Eucembene Dam

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SYSTEM DESIGN PROCESS OF EUCEMBENE DAM
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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Preliminary design.................................................................................................................................4
Detailed design.......................................................................................................................................6
System test, evaluation and validation and optimization processes.................................................12
Evaluation............................................................................................................................................13
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................15
Bibliography.........................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
The Eucembene dam is an earth-filled embankment that has got a bucket spillway as well as an
overflow ski-jump that is built perpendicular to the to the lift gates. The dam is built along the
River Eucembene that is located in the snowy mountains of the New South Wales. It is among
the largest dams that make up the snowy mountains scheme in Australia. Its construction began
in the year 1949 together with the other dams and came to a completion in the year 1974. The
dam was built purposefully to be a major hydroelectric power generator (Byrne, 2010). Besides
generation of hydroelectric power, it also provides water that is used for irrigation purposes
domestically and also in the complex that is built in the South East Australia.
This research paper is intended to perform a critical analysis of the process of system design for
the Eucembene dam construction project. It focuses on first making a presentation of the
preliminary design of the dam and then an elaborative and detailed design for the same. Given
that till this point, the conceptual design stages of the project had already been carried out, the
factors that were put to consideration during that stage is fully incorporated during the
preliminary and detailed design preparation. Some of these factors include the identification of
needs, system planning, concept of maintenance, functional analysis, system operation
requirements, performance measurement and the concept of support (Coffey, 2012). The above
named factors will be vital considerations when coming up with the detailed design
specifications of the Eucembene Dam. Once an elaborative and perfect detailed design of the
dam was accomplished, the constructions works were the carried out on the basis of the design
prepared. Before fully commissioning the dam, a system test was performed on the final product
of construction. This was aimed at determining whether the constructed Eucembene Dam does
meet the intended objectives as per design. During the system test, all the parties that were

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involved in the project will be able to determine whether the project meets the safety standards as
per the regulations set up by the concerned state departments. Finally the Eucembene Dam will
be evaluated to find out to determine the benefits that comes along with the project and that if it
achieves a perfect optimization for its value. It is therefore an important practice to come up with
undoubtedly the best and elaborative design of a project as will be discussed for the Eucembene
Dam construction project.
Figure 1: A view of Eucembene Dam
Preliminary design
This is a crucial stage of design that incorporates the generation of bigger design concepts level.
This stage will focus on the definitions and how the major concepts for selected system are
developed (Cole, Coltheart & Moulds, 2010). It also discusses the allocations for the basic
requirements of the subsystems. The main idea of is to show that the project that is to be set up
will follow the performance requirements as well as the specifications for design. It also factors
in whether the project can be carried with the methods that are available.