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Experiments on Effective Uplift Area in Gravity Dams
In a gravity dam, water filters through the natural pores of the material of the structure and develops an internal pressure of uplift. This paper describes tests made to determine the effective area of pores, to which this internal uplift pressure is applied. To that end, water was driven into the pores of masonry and concrete specimens, which were, at the same time, subjected to directly applied, mechanically developed loads, and tested to destruction on a machine of original design. These results permit the designer to replace conventional assumptions of design by physically measured uplift coefficients.
Experiments on Effective Uplift Area in Gravity Dams
In a gravity dam, water filters through the natural pores of the material of the structure and develops an internal pressure of uplift. This paper describes tests made to determine the effective area of pores, to which this internal uplift pressure is applied. To that end, water was driven into the pores of masonry and concrete specimens, which were, at the same time, subjected to directly applied, mechanically developed loads, and tested to destruction on a machine of original design. These results permit the designer to replace conventional assumptions of design by physically measured uplift coefficients.
Experiments on Effective Uplift Area in Gravity Dams
Bey, Serge Leliavsky (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 112 ; 443-487
2021-01-01
451947-01-01 pages
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