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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... stresses for all types of dams has been greatly increased over the technical studies used in the design of early dams . An attempt has been made in the following descriptions to cover only the more important and ex- emplary types of ...
... stresses for all types of dams has been greatly increased over the technical studies used in the design of early dams . An attempt has been made in the following descriptions to cover only the more important and ex- emplary types of ...
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... stress in the dam should not exceed 30 tons per square foot . In the preliminary design studies for the dam , it was at- tempted to proportion the dimensions so that the maximum stresses would not exceed 30 tons per square foot ...
... stress in the dam should not exceed 30 tons per square foot . In the preliminary design studies for the dam , it was at- tempted to proportion the dimensions so that the maximum stresses would not exceed 30 tons per square foot ...
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... stress was found to increase the arch and cantilever stresses along the planes of contact between the concrete and rock from 15 to 25 per- cent at the locations of higher concrete stress . Earthquake stresses were considered but ...
... stress was found to increase the arch and cantilever stresses along the planes of contact between the concrete and rock from 15 to 25 per- cent at the locations of higher concrete stress . Earthquake stresses were considered but ...
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... stress distribution in the structure , arrangements were made to grout the contraction joints in 50 - foot lifts as rapidly as the concrete was cooled and the cooling slot concreted . Metal grout stops were placed across the radial ...
... stress distribution in the structure , arrangements were made to grout the contraction joints in 50 - foot lifts as rapidly as the concrete was cooled and the cooling slot concreted . Metal grout stops were placed across the radial ...
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... stress concentrations at the gate sections . Two sets of gate openings are provided in each barrel , one at the base of the tower , at sill elevation 895 , and the other 150 feet higher , at elevation 1,045 . Each set consists of 12 ...
... stress concentrations at the gate sections . Two sets of gate openings are provided in each barrel , one at the base of the tower , at sill elevation 895 , and the other 150 feet higher , at elevation 1,045 . Each set consists of 12 ...
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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