 The lines of pressure must lie within the centre third of the profile, whether the reservoir be full or empty. 2d. The maxima pressures in the masonry or on the foundation must not exceed certain safe limits. 3d. The friction between the dam and its foundation,...  Theodore Roosevelt Dam - Page 35by Donald C. Jackson - 1992Full view - About this book
 | Edward Wegmann - Dams - 1899 - 506 pages
...the centre third of the profile, whether the reservoir be full or empty. 2d. The maxima pressures in the masonry or on the foundation must not exceed certain safe limits. 3d. The friction between the dam and its foundation, or between any two parts into which the wall may... | |
 | Edward Wegmann - Barrages - 1899 - 476 pages
...the centre third of the profile, whether the reservoir be full or empty. 2d. The maxima pressures in the masonry or on the foundation must not exceed certain safe limits. 3d. The friction between the dam and its foundation, or between any two parts into which the wall may... | |
 | American Society of Civil Engineers - Civil engineering - 1907 - 1014 pages
...The lines of pressure, reservoir full or empty, must be kept within the center-third of the profile. 2. — The maximum pressures on the masonry or on...the foundation must not exceed certain safe limits, a greater limit of pressure being assumed for the up-stream than for the down-stream face. 3. — The... | |
 | William Henry Warren - Bridges - 1921 - 528 pages
...lie outside the middle third of the thickness of the dam at any level. (3) The maximum pressures in the masonry Or on the foundation must not exceed certain safe limits. (4) There must he no possibility of any portion of the masonrysliding on that below ; or of the whole... | |
 | American Society of Civil Engineers - Civil engineering - 1907 - 1016 pages
...The lines of pressure, reservoir full or empty, must be kept within the center-third of the profile. 2. — The maximum pressures on the masonry or on...the foundation must not exceed certain safe limits, a greater limit of pressure being assumed for the up-stream than for the down-stream face. 3. — The... | |
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