LOAD COMBINATIONS LOAD COMBINATIONS In Section 13.2 various forces that are likely to act on the dam have been discussed. But all these forces seldom act simultaneously on the dam. There are some combinations of the loads that may act simultaneously. Design of the dam should be based on the most ad...
JOINTS IN GRAVITY DAMS JOINTS IN GRAVITY DAMS The joints that are necessarily provided in the dam may be classified under two heads. 1. Construction joints, and 2. Contraction joints. 1. Construction Joints. The concreting of the dam is not done at a stretch but in stages. Each stage of the concret...
CONTROL OF CONCRETE DAM CRACKING CONTROL OF CONCRETE DAM CRACKING When cement starts setting, heat of hydration is developed. Concrete dams are large masses of concrete. The heat of hydration is dissipated easily from the surface of the dam as the surface remains exposed to the atmosphere. It is ve...
Concrete dam and Gravity dam ADVANTAGES OF CONCRETE DAMS There are some advantages of concrete dams described as following: The maintenance cost of gravity dams is very small. Spill ways can be installed in the dam itself and no separate site for them is required. They can be constructed for very l...
TYPES OF SPILLWAYS TYPES OF SPILLWAYS The spillways may be broadly classified as: Emergency spillways, and Main spillways.EMERGENCY SPILLWAYS Main spillway is the spillway which is called upon to work under normal conditions of flood. Emergency spillway is provid to deal with abnormal conditions of...