COIT20275 Systems Science and Engineering: A Report on the Gordon Dam

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COIT20275 SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING

Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Stakeholders..........................................................................................................................................3
Conceptual design process.....................................................................................................................5
System requirements...........................................................................................................................11
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................13
References...........................................................................................................................................14

List of figures
Figure 1: Gordon Dam 1........................................................................................................................6
Figure 2: Gordon Dam 2........................................................................................................................7
Figure 3: Gordon Dam 3........................................................................................................................7
Figure 4: Gordon Dam 4........................................................................................................................8
Figure 5: Gordon Dam 5........................................................................................................................8
Figure 6: Gordon Dam 6........................................................................................................................9
Figure 7: Gordon Dam 7........................................................................................................................9
Figure 8: Dam 2...................................................................................................................................10
Figure 9: Construction of dam.............................................................................................................11
Figure 10: Dam1..................................................................................................................................12

Introduction
The Gordon Dam is also called as The Gordon River Dam; it has the greatest major double
curvature gated concrete dam of the arch with the controlled spillway over the Gordon River.
It is located in the South West Tasmania of Australia. The appropriate reservoir is known as
Lake Gordon. The dam was constructed in the year of 1974 through the TAS (Hydro-Electric
Corporation) for the determination of producing the power of hydroelectric through the
conventional station of the Gordon power that is situated below the wall of the dam. The
opening date of the dam is the year 1978. The owner of this is Hydro Tasmania. The dam
type is the Arch dam, the height of the dam is 140 m & the length of the dam is 198m. It is
constructed with the 154 thousand cubic m that is 5.4 * (10)6 cu ft. of the concrete is 198 m
long & 140 m high, this makes the dam the tallest dam in Tasmania & it is the fifth tallest
Australia. It may hold the 12,359,040 Ml of the water that makes the lake of the Gordon the
largest in Australia. The surface area is 27,800 heat & the area of the catchment is 2014 sq.
km. The Gordon Dam is equal the twice the highest of next arch dam.
Stakeholders
Investors The investor will put the money or something
that will value the business & will cause the
return of financial. Some of the investors will
put the money in the start-up of dam
construction. They will put the money like
partnership, limited liability corporation &
company (Zarfl, 2015).
Civil Engineering The duties that the engineer carried out are
designing of the dam, planning for the dam,
overseeing the construction & maintenance
of the dam construction like pipelines &
channels, etc (Lee, 2017).
Construction Technician The technician will focus on the particular
types of dam construction. It might involve
the wiring the electricity, installing the pipes
& the other equipment of the plumping. It

deals with the safety issues, schedules &
budgets.
Site Supervisor The responsibility of the supervisor of the
site is to examine the hazards, identify the
risk, conduct the inspection regular &
maintain the program for safety. It will work
very closely to the dam who will be
responsible for construction organizing on
the site & will report the manager of the
project.
Project Manager The role of the manager of the project, who
will carry out the planning, initiation
successfully, monitoring, execution & the
closure of the project. Manager will also
responsible for making the decision that is
small & large.
Contractor The responsibilities of the contractor are
providing the major materials, equipment’s
that is required at the time of the dam
construction, & the labor & also hires the
sub-contractor. They will communicate with
the construction architect, to get the phase of
the design. They have all the supervising,
planning & construction of the dam.
Managing Director It is responsible for the performance of the
operation, ventures & people. Creating &
executing the strategies of dam construction.
Provide the advice of the strategic to the
chairperson & the board. Implementing &
preparing of the comprehensive plans of the
dam construction to provide the
achievements (Tan-Mullins, 2017).
Suppliers Manager The role of the supplier is to obtain the value
for the products & services that are supplied,

it will execute according to the local laws, it
will provide equal opportunities for the
retailers transaction, it will promise the best
quality & price to the retailer for maintaining
the trust & not conflict of the interest for the
suppliers (Vogler, 2017).
Conceptual design process
It is a design process in which examination is done in order to check all the details and design
which will be required for the design and development of the Gordon Dam. It consists of
different processes such as identification of materials, measurements, and techniques which
will be used in the construction, technologies to be used, selection of different tools and their
management, etc (Jackson, 2016).
Figure 1: Gordon Dam 1
(Source: Tan-Mullins, 2017)
It helps in the analysis and evaluation of different requirements in advance which will be
used during the actual construction. Different specifications and their evaluations will be
recorded for the documentation purpose which will help on the overall construction of the
Gordon dam as well as in the selection of contractor, supplier, and tools needed in the
construction.

Figure 2: Gordon Dam 2
(Source: Finger, 2018)
It is the phrase used in any project for the development of an outline for the complete project
on a yearly basis to develop better work process, management and correct specification for
the construction of the dam. It can also be known as a guiding concept for the construction of
the Gordon Dam.
Figure 3: Gordon Dam 3
(Source: Hand, 2019)
It helps in the advanced analysis of the design on the basis of concept developed for the
Gordon dam in order to minimize the risks and effects if any arises with the design on the
early basis before actual working of the design and construction of the dam (Finger, 2018).

Figure 4: Gordon Dam 4
(Source: Hand, 2019)
The wall of the Gordon Dam was constructed with the 154 thousand cubic m of the concrete
that is 198 m long & 140 m high (Hand, 2019).
Figure 5: Gordon Dam 5
(Source: Finger, 2018)
The government of Australia provides the A$5 to Tasmania for the commission of
hydroelectric to construct the road of the Gordon River from the Maydena in the river of
Gordon in the region of Southwest. The construction of the dam is underway by the year
1964.

Figure 6: Gordon Dam 6
(Source: Fain, 2016)
The dam was linked to the River of the Gordon power station, 183 m under the switchyard
surface. Due to the drought of the extreme level in the year 2015, & the failure of the basslink
feed power, the requirement of the production of the lake that is drained to its minimum level
of operating in the year 2016. The total capacities of the dam are the 12.4km3 & the area of
the catchment is the 1280 km2 (Fain, 2016). The surface area of the dam is 278 km2. The type
of dam is conventional & the turbine is 3 fuji * 144 MW. The capacity to install the 432- 450
MW & the annual generation is the 1,388 GWh (Fabris, 2015).
Figure 7: Gordon Dam 7
(Source: Fabris, 2015)

The dam was built in 1963. The dam was deep enough and was narrow with the other dams.
The hydro stress was used in the construction of the Gordon Dam. There was man hydro
engineers were present in the structural requirements. The dam was having a curve in both
the directions that are the horizontal direction and the vertical direction to resist the pressure
of the water. There were generators added after the construction because there was power
operation began. The power development was also used in the construction of the Gordon
dam; the concept of this dam was to have the curve and to handle the pressure of the water.
The dam was connected with the power station under the surface of the yard. The power
station which is active for the Gordon Dam was the Gas, Hydroelectric, and Wind Farm, this
all came under the Conceptual Design process. In the Gas, there were need Thermal gas, Gas
which is reciprocating and the Gas turbine. In construction, there was one thing missing that
is the when the drought will come the dam will have fill again by the river, and the minimum
level was set to achieve them. The concept of the design was to avoid flood and was
achieved by the engineers and the engineer was the mastermind and the fans flock of this is
because of the impressive size and the concept of the curve have given the fruitful result.
Figure 8: Dam 2
(Source: Hydro.com.au. 2019).

Figure 9: Construction of dam
(Source: Hydro.com.au, 2019)

System requirements
The dam Gordon is one of the best and treasure dam and have the river of craving deep
gorges. This covers about 4974 km per square. There were about 3 rivers. In this, the system
requirement of the curvature concretes which was controlled by the spillway and there is the
impounded reservoir in the lake. To construct the dam there were:
Figure 10: Dam1
Source: Wallpaperhdc.com. (2019).
Divert the direction of the river: - Gordon dam can be directed or change its direction by
performing a series of blasting making trenches and a small river. One can manually do by
digging the river but it won’t be feasible. If blasting is done in the correct place it will not in
the path followed by the river. Gordon dam trenches can be lead from upstream to
downstream of the dam. Diversion channels are the made which is used to stop the flow of
the river. But before starting the project, it should be ensured that how much water is needed
to hold back behind the damn. Blasting in a new dry area will help in creating diversion
channel.
Lay the foundation of Gordon dam: - The whole dam depends on its foundation. So the
foundation of damn should be made stronger so that it can withstand the whole weight of the
Gordon dam. For making foundation firm and strong it should be dug deep in the earth. If
rocks and stones are used in making dam then the heaviest and bigger rocks and stones
should be placed down first and this must be downstream for the rest of the material. This
approach of making a dam is called downstream to upstream.
Adding material: - Dam needs to make at a height so that at time of flood it can protect the
surrounding area. To make at height add material until it reaches the concern height. To do
so, wedge cross-section with the downstream pointing at the end of the wedge. Height is
reached the maximum when it is layout in the concave-convex curves which pointing at the
downstream.
Make base strong: - It will be considered as the failure of a dam if its shifts or break.
Therefore, reinforce the downside of the dam with the heavy stones, timber, girders, canvas,
rocks. This will help the dam from shifting or colliding. The material should be used in
accordance with the size of the Gordon Dam. And when the weight of water which is going
to take, this methodology will help to protect it.