Dams and Control Works, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Dams A description of representative storage and diversion dams and high-pressure reservoir outlet works constructed by the Bureau of Reclamtion. |
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... downstream slope of 4 : 1 was covered by a heavy rock fill . The paving ... face on 16 - foot centers . The slab extended down to and connected with a ... down- stream slope was 5 : 1 , and the upstream slope , 2 : 1 . The downstream ...
... downstream slope of 4 : 1 was covered by a heavy rock fill . The paving ... face on 16 - foot centers . The slab extended down to and connected with a ... down- stream slope was 5 : 1 , and the upstream slope , 2 : 1 . The downstream ...
Page 8
... downstream faces , showed that owing to the great height of the structure ... face of the dam and the maximum arch stresses in the horizontal elements ... downstream face of the dam near the arch abutments to reduce the compressive ...
... downstream faces , showed that owing to the great height of the structure ... face of the dam and the maximum arch stresses in the horizontal elements ... downstream face of the dam near the arch abutments to reduce the compressive ...
Page 9
... downstream face at the base of the dam to 50 by 60 feet at the upstream face . Joints were interlocked by keys , formed to provide maximum cross - sectional area for resistance to shear after grouting . The rate of placing concrete was ...
... downstream face at the base of the dam to 50 by 60 feet at the upstream face . Joints were interlocked by keys , formed to provide maximum cross - sectional area for resistance to shear after grouting . The rate of placing concrete was ...
Page 10
... face , was provided for the cooling system header pipes . The 6 - inch ... downstream faces of the dam and across the circumferential joints at each ... downstream face of the dam at the top of each 50 - foot lift , to provide the ...
... face , was provided for the cooling system header pipes . The 6 - inch ... downstream faces of the dam and across the circumferential joints at each ... downstream face of the dam at the top of each 50 - foot lift , to provide the ...
Page 12
... face of the weir that forms part of one side of the spillway channel was ... downstream end of the last 100 - foot gate sec- tion , a 55 - foot length of ... down stream . INTAKE TOWERS For the release of water from the reservoir under ...
... face of the weir that forms part of one side of the spillway channel was ... downstream end of the last 100 - foot gate sec- tion , a 55 - foot length of ... down stream . INTAKE TOWERS For the release of water from the reservoir under ...
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acre-feet aggregate All-American Canal arch Arrowrock Dam basin borrow pit Boulder Dam bronze BUREAU OF RECLAMATION buttress cableway canal cantilever canyon walls cement centers channel cofferdam construction contraction joints cooling cost crest cubic yards cut-off wall cylinder deflections designed diameter discharge diversion tunnel downstream face drain drainage drilled dumped earth elevation embankment emergency gates Engineering excavation feet long foundation gallery gate chamber Grand Coulee Grand Coulee Dam gravel gravity grout grout holes hoist horizontal hydraulic Imperial Dam Installing and painting irrigation left abutment located lower material maximum miles mixer needle valves operation outlet Owyhee Dam penstock pipe placed pounds per square pressure pump radial reservoir reservoir water right abutment riprap river rock fill roller sand second-feet shaft side slope sluice sluiceway spillway square inch steel storage stresses structure temperature tests thickness tion trashrack trial load upstream face vertical water surface