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Jan 1941
Basic Design Assumptions
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Volume 106, Issue 1
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Basic assumptions and related technical considerations involved in the design of high and important masonry dams of the single-arch, curved gravity, and straight gravity types, built on rock foundations, are presented in this paper. Some of the statements are applicable to the design of other types of masonry dams. However, this paper does not attempt to cover, comprehensively, the fundamental criteria involved in the design of multiple-arch dams, reinforced-concrete slab and buttress dams, roundhead buttress dams, or other special types of masonry dams treated in more detail in other papers of the Symposium.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 106 • Issue 1 • January 1941
Pages: 1115 - 1130
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© 1941 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Ivan E. Houk, M.ASCE
Senior Engr., Technical Investigations, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Denver, Colo.
Kenneth B. Keener, M.ASCE
Designing Engr. on Dams, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Denver, Colo.
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