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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
{{Website Icon}} | {{Website Icon}} [https://damfailures.org/case-study/malpasset-dam-france-1959/ Learn from the critical design flaws that led to the failure of Malpasset Dam (DamFailures.org)] | ||
==Best Practices Resources== | <noautolinks>==Best Practices Resources==</noautolinks> | ||
{{Document Icon}} [[Arch Dam Design (EM 1110-2-2201)|Arch Dam Design (EM 1110-2-2201) ( | {{Document Icon}} [[Arch Dam Design (EM 1110-2-2201) | Arch Dam Design (EM 1110-2-2201) (USACE)]] | ||
{{Document Icon}} [[Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11- Arch Dams|Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11- Arch Dams ( | {{Document Icon}} [[Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11- Arch Dams | Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11- Arch Dams (FERC)]] | ||
{{Document Icon}} [[Design Criteria for Concrete Arch and Gravity Dams (EM 19)|Design Criteria for Concrete Arch and Gravity Dams ( | {{Document Icon}} [[Design Criteria for Concrete Arch and Gravity Dams (EM 19) | Design Criteria for Concrete Arch and Gravity Dams (Reclamation)]] | ||
{{Document Icon}} [[Design of Arch Dams | Design of Arch Dams (Reclamation)]] | |||
==Trainings== | ==Trainings== | ||
{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams]] | {{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams]] | ||
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“Unlike a concrete gravity dam which carries the entire load by its self weight, an arch dam obtains its stability by both the self weight and, to a great extent, by transmitting the imposed loads by arch action into the valley walls. The geometry of the dam site is, therefore, the most basic consideration in the selection of an arch dam. As a general rule, an arch dam requires a site with abutments of sufficient strength to support the arch thrust. On special occasions artificial abutments – thrust blocks – may be used in the absence of suitable abutment(s)”.[1]
Examples
Learn from the critical design flaws that led to the failure of Malpasset Dam (DamFailures.org)
Best Practices Resources
Arch Dam Design (EM 1110-2-2201) (USACE)
Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11- Arch Dams (FERC)
Design Criteria for Concrete Arch and Gravity Dams (Reclamation)
Design of Arch Dams (Reclamation)
Trainings
On-Demand Webinar: Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams
Citations:
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Revision Date: 01/26/2023