A NOVEL APPROACH: RUBBER DAMS FOR BETTER WATERSHEDS A NOVEL APPROACH: RUBBER DAMS FOR BETTER WATERSHEDS MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENTINNOVATIVE IDEA

The invention is in design and development of materials and in structural design of rubber dam. Development of composite material with textile and rubber. Development of technology for cold & hot splicing,

method for testing and validation of rubber dam.

WHY RUBBER DAM ?

Better water management of flood and draughtIncrease per capita water storage of rain water.

CONSTRUCTION OF TEXTILE- RUBBER COMPOSITE

SELECTION CRITERIA FOR SELECTION CRITERIA FOR COMPONENTS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALCOMPONENTS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL

COMPOSITE SHEETS JOINING FOR RUBBER DAM

FIRST INDIGENIZED MODEL RUBBER DAM PROTOTYPE (MRDP)

DEVELOPED AT IRMRA

Cover Compound - Specially designed Natural and Synthetic Rubber Blend compound

Friction compound - Compounded Natural and Synthetic Rubber

Coated Fabric - Specially designed and surface treated Polyamide and Polyester Fabric

Patent File No. - 493/Mum/2010 dated 24.02.2010

Russia Australia USA China India

Easy installation Lower investment cost Reduction of soil erosion Ground re-charging

WHAT IS RUBBER DAM?Rubber dams are textile reinforced

rubber composites in tubular shape, which can be inflated or deflated by water or air.

To undertake design & development of rubber composites and process for making rubber dams. To design and develop different components of rubber dam. To develop and validate rubber dams.

OBJECTIVES

PROTOTYPE DAM FOR ON-LINE EVALUATION

COMPOSITION OF RUBBER DAM

ADVANTAGES

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF RUBBER DAMS FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF RUBBER DAMS FOR WATERSHEDS: WATERSHEDS: CONSORTIUM MEMBERSCONSORTIUM MEMBERS

Indian Rubber Manufactures & Research Association, (IRMRA) Thane (CL)

M/s Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT) Mumbai (CP-1)

M/s Directorate of Water Management, DWM, Bhubaneshwar, (CP-2)

M/s Kusumgar Corporates, Mumbai, (CP-3)

Contact Detail of CPI, P. Roy Choudhury - Phone No.: 022-.2583-4650/ 51, Telefax No.: 022- 25823910

Web sub site: www.irmra.org/naip/index.htm

RUBBER DAM FOR FIELD EVALUATION

MODEL RUBBER DAM PROTOTYPE (MRDP) DEMONSTRATED AT IIT-MUMBAI FOR EVOLUTION STUDY

RUBBER DAM INSTALLED AT DWM-BHUBANESHWAR FOR

FIELD EVALUATION

Rubber compound Technical textiles Civil structures and anchoring systems Control systems for operations

INFLATION AND DEFLATION PHENOMENON OF RUBBER DAM