A dam with vertical upstream tace is 6.5 m high. 32 m wide of the bottom and 0.5 m at the top. Considering im strip of the entire dam. 1. Find the depth (in meter) of water on the verbical upstream tace if pressure at the toe is twice the average pressure at the base. Weight of concrete is 23.60 kN/m?. 2. Find the hydrostatic uplit force in newton) if varies from ful pressure at the heel to zero pressure at the toe. 3. Factor of safety against siding. u- 0.8 4. Factor of safety against overturning h
A dam with vertical upstream tace is 6.5 m high. 32 m wide of the bottom and 0.5 m at the top. Considering im strip of the entire dam. 1. Find the depth (in meter) of water on the verbical upstream tace if pressure at the toe is twice the average pressure at the base. Weight of concrete is 23.60 kN/m?. 2. Find the hydrostatic uplit force in newton) if varies from ful pressure at the heel to zero pressure at the toe. 3. Factor of safety against siding. u- 0.8 4. Factor of safety against overturning h
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A dam with vertical upstream face is 6.5 m high, 3.2 m wide of the bottom and 0.5 m at the top. Considering 1 m strip of the entire dam.
1. Find the depth (in meter) of water on the vertical upstream face if pressure at the toe is twice the average pressure at the base. Weight of concrete is 23.60 kN/m^3.
2. Find the hydrostatic uplift force (in newton) if varies from full pressure at the heel to zero pressure at the toe.
3. Factor of safety against sliding, u = 0.8
4. Factor of safety against overturning.
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