Environmental impacts of dams can be both adverse and beneficial. Dams have intended and unintended impacts, though positive impacts can be both intended and unintended. Each of these types of impacts of dams can be inevitable in their entirety, reducible ...
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Forces Acting on a Dam Structure and Calculations
Different types of forces acts on a dam structure such as water pressure, self weight, wave pressure etc. Determination of various forces which acts on the structure is the first step in the design of dams. These forces are considered ...
ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY DAM
The stability of a dam can be analysed in the following steps: i. Consider unit length of the dam. ii. Work out the magnitude and dimensions of all the vertical forces acting on the dam and their algebraic sum, i.e. ...
Major Dams in the World and its Roles
Dams are solid barriers constructed across a river or a natural stream to create an artificial reservoir on its upstream side for storing water. It may also be constructed to facilitate diversion of water from the river or to retain ...
Design of Earthfill Dam Components
Earthfill dam contains various components such as top width, core, freeboard, casing, drainage system etc. which are designed using empirical rules or on the basis of existing dams of similar characteristics. Each component of earthfill dam should be designed for ...
Embankment Materials – Types, Characteristics, Properties, and Tests
An embankment is an artificial mound constructed using earthen materials such as stone and soil, properly compacted, to support the raising of roadway or railways above the level of the existing surrounding ground surface. In dams, embankment refers to successive ...