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Feb 1976
Volume and Strength of a Dolos
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VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 102, Issue 1
Abstract
Precise formula for computing the block volume of dolos, a concrete armor stone for protection of breakwaters and marine structures, is presented with particular emphasis for a heavier dolos. A dolos is first treated as a solid concrete body falling by rotating under its own weight. An energy approach is followed and total external energy due to fall is compared with the total internal ultimate energy capacity of the dolos as a solid concrete body. A dolos is then treated as a solid concrete element of defined shape in a particular position and then hit by another dolos. Theories of failure of engineering mechanics are applied to determine maximum principal stresses and principal strains. These are then compared with concrete rupture stresses and strains. An attempt is made to indicate the usefulness or otherwise of steel fibers as reinforcing admixtures. Three different sizes of a dolos are compared and two mixes of concrete are considered.
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Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 102 • Issue 1 • February 1976
Pages: 79 - 88
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© 1976 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Feb 1976
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Harshkumar C. Desai, F.ASCE
Sr. Engr., Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, Tex.
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