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Dec 1912
Provision for Uplift and Ice Pressure in Designing Masonry Dams
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Volume 75, Issue 1
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For convenience in discussing this subject, reference is made particularly to masonry dams on rock foundations. The principles involved will apply equally to other foundation s and to dams built of other materials. The upward pressure may be due to water getting into the foundation of the dam or into the dam itself. Foundations vary so much in character, that it is necessary to study each particular site before deciding to what extent water may get into them.
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© 1912 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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C. L. Harrison, M.ASCE
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