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... percentage of fine sand are the principal constituents of the shale . It is believed that all joints in the material are watertight . This material is highly impervious and , as it exists in a completely saturated state , high pore ...
... percentage of fine sand are the principal constituents of the shale . It is believed that all joints in the material are watertight . This material is highly impervious and , as it exists in a completely saturated state , high pore ...
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... percent . The south borrow area was investigated with hand auger holes which in some instances extended to a depth ... per- cent . The shrinkage factor was about the same as that of materials in the north borrow areas . ( b ) Riprap and ...
... percent . The south borrow area was investigated with hand auger holes which in some instances extended to a depth ... per- cent . The shrinkage factor was about the same as that of materials in the north borrow areas . ( b ) Riprap and ...
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... percent of the riprap materials should consist of pieces smaller than one - half cubic foot in size and at least 30 percent should consist of pieces larger than 3 cubic feet in size . Toe trenches , filled with rock riprap to a minimum ...
... percent of the riprap materials should consist of pieces smaller than one - half cubic foot in size and at least 30 percent should consist of pieces larger than 3 cubic feet in size . Toe trenches , filled with rock riprap to a minimum ...
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... percent at the center- line of the first heel slab drain . ( 3 ) No water in reservoir and no uplift ; dry earth fill on both sides of the walls . For stability analyses , the abutment structures were investigated for overturn- ing ...
... percent at the center- line of the first heel slab drain . ( 3 ) No water in reservoir and no uplift ; dry earth fill on both sides of the walls . For stability analyses , the abutment structures were investigated for overturn- ing ...
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... percentages of reinforcement in concrete of the spillway chute floor and the approach channel floor are 0.20 and 0.24 ... percent in stresses was allowed for this condition . ( 5 ) Left wall was investigated for a condition of surface ...
... percentages of reinforcement in concrete of the spillway chute floor and the approach channel floor are 0.20 and 0.24 ... percent in stresses was allowed for this condition . ( 5 ) Left wall was investigated for a condition of surface ...
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abutment acre-feet aggregate backfill Berm blanket blockouts Brass Cap BUREAU OF RECLAMATION camber canal outlet cement centerline chute coarse concrete construction Contraction joint contractor control house crushed rock cubic yards cutoff trench dam embankment dam foundation designed discharge eleva emergency gate chamber Figure Float flood control gravel grout high-pressure gates Highway bridge Hitchcock County holes horizontal hydraulic hydrostatic head inlet intake structure layer Limits of special loads located loess material maximum metal Nebr north borrow operation pier Pierre shale piezometer Pipe handrail pounds per square pozzolan PROJ pump radial gate railroad reinforcement relocation Republican River reservoir water surface riprap River outlet Rolled embankment SCALE OF FEET second-feet Settlement point Shale surface SILT silty slope south borrow area special compaction specifications spillway structure steel stilling basin storage Sump Sump pump surface at elevation tests Trenton Dam upstream valve vertical walls water surface elevation
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Page 51 - Design, Construction, Inspection and Repair of Unfired Pressure Vessels for Petroleum Liquids and Gases.
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