Relating to Reinforced-concrete Dams ...: Designed and Constructed by the Ambursen Hydraulic Company1919 - Dams - 63 pages |
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AMBUR AMBURSEN APRON DAM Ambursen Dam Baffle Dam bar imbedded base Breast Dam build Bulkhead Dam bursen buttresses canal carried CHAMBLY CLOSURE cofferdam compressive stress corrugated cost crest crete cut-off wall DAM FIG Dam is shown deck DELLWOOD PARK depth drain pipes fact factor of safety FLASH BOARD floor footing course FOUNDATION AND HIGH GRAVEL FOUNDATION grotto hard pan highway bridge Hydraulic Engineer illustrate increasing ledge LOW HEAD margin of safety maximum flood middle third Open Front Dam ordinary over-fall piers pond power house power transmission problem reinforced concrete construction Reinforced Concrete Dam reservoir river rollway SECTION OF AMBURSEN semi-arch shear shear stress SHOWING shown in Figure slab SOFT FOUNDATION solid dam spillway standing wave steel rods stop logs stream stress structure surface temporary apron tendency to overturn TIE RODS tion TRASH GATE tumbling hearth vertical WASTE GATE water level weight whole wooden dam