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Practically all types and shapes of dams can be analysed today with the help of computers and finite elements. The author of this unique draws on more than forty years of experience to presents simple approximate methods of analysing embankment, gravity and arch dams for design studies, preliminary designs, estimates of quantities, checking computational methods and teaching. Emphasis is placed on understanding the mechanical behaviour of the dam rather than the computational details. He includes 26 fully-worked examples of dams in Europe, India and the USA whose actual behaviour is known from in situ measurements. By comparing their behaviour with that anticipated by approximate analysis, the author demonstrated that the future behaviour of a dam can be reliably predicted by his methods. The approximate calculations are not only much quicker to perform than the exact analyses but also present fewer opportunities for errors. Three fully worked preliminary design examples - an embankment dam with a vertical central core, a straight gravity dam, and a double-curvature arch dam - illustrate the proposed methods in detail.
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- PublisherICE Publishing
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0727727257
- ISBN 13 9780727727251
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
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