Engineering for Masonry Dams

Engineering for Masonry Dams

Author: William Pitcher Creager

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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The chapters cover such topics as: choice of location, choice of type of dam, forces acting on dams, requirements for stability of gravity dams and general equations for design of gravity dams.


Safety of Existing Dams

Safety of Existing Dams

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0309074797

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Written by civil engineers, dam safety officials, dam owners, geologists, hydraulic engineers, and risk analysts, this handbook is the first cooperative attempt to provide practical solutions to dam problems within the financial constraints faced by dam owners. It provides hands-on information for identifying and remedying common defects in concrete and masonry dams, embankment dams, reservoirs, and related structures. It also includes procedures for monitoring dams and collecting and analyzing data. Case histories demonstrate economical solutions to specific problems.


Geotechnical Engineering of Dams

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams

Author: Robin Fell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-11-21

Total Pages: 1374

ISBN-13: 0203387317

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This book provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The book provides dam engineers and geologists with a practical approach, and gives university students an insight into the subject of dam engineering. All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered, through to the preliminary and detailed design phases and ultimately the construction phase. This revised and expanded 2nd edition includes a lengthy new chapter on the assessment of the likelihood of failure of dams by internal erosion and piping.


Building the Ultimate Dam

Building the Ultimate Dam

Author: Donald C. Jackson

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780806137339

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Offers compelling insight into how designer Eastwood battled government bureaucrats, corporate patrons, and fellow hydraulic engineers to build seventeen dams in the western U.S. during the early twentieth century based on his innovative multiple-arch design. Reprint.


Computational Modeling of Masonry Structures Using the Discrete Element Method

Computational Modeling of Masonry Structures Using the Discrete Element Method

Author: Sarhosis, Vasilis

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2016-06-09

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 1522502327

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The Discrete Element Method (DEM) has emerged as a solution to predicting load capacities of masonry structures. As one of many numerical methods and computational solutions being applied to evaluate masonry structures, further research on DEM tools and methodologies is essential for further advancement. Computational Modeling of Masonry Structures Using the Discrete Element Method explores the latest digital solutions for the analysis and modeling of brick, stone, concrete, granite, limestone, and glass block structures. Focusing on critical research on mathematical and computational methods for masonry analysis, this publication is a pivotal reference source for scholars, engineers, consultants, and graduate-level engineering students.