Design Criteria for Concrete Gravity and Arch Dams |
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act over 100 actual uplift pressure arch abutment arch dam design assumed and actual Bureau of Reclamation cantilever block concrete dams concrete gravity cracking cubic foot dam and foundation DAM LINE data for concrete Denver Federal Center determined downstream face equation evaluation extreme load combination factor of safety Figure final design foundation and abutments foundation El full reservoir pressure gravity and arch horizontal earthquake internal friction joints are keyed joints in straight keyed and grouted laboratory tests line of drains magnitude Monfore Normal T. W. normal tailwater normal uplift Normal W.S. Normal W.S. EI overturning panel pounds per cubic preliminary design procedures Reservoir and Tailwater resistive forces secondary stresses shear friction factor shear resistance shear stresses silt if applicable silt pressure standard load combination STRAIGHT GRAVITY DAMS strength of concrete tailwater loads tensile stresses tion transverse joints uncertainties unit weight uplift pressure data upstream face vary weight of concrete