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Dams: Gordon Dam, Southwest National Park, Australia; Earthen Dam, Composite Dam

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Gordon Dam, Southwest National Park, Australia

  • These types of dams are concrete or masonry dams which are curved or convex upstream in plan
  • This shape helps to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments.
  • Arch dams are built across narrow, deep river gorges, but now in recent years they have been considered even for little wider valleys.
  • In the arch dam, stability is obtained by a combination of arch and gravity action. If the upstream face is vertical the entire weight of the…

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Dams: Ujjani Dam, Important Failure Dams Due to Various Reasons, Problem Associated with Dam Sites, Criteria for Dam Site Selections, Geological Investigation, Reservoirs

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Ujjani Dam, Also Known as Composite Dams the State of Maharashtra in India

Composite dams are combinations of one or more dam types. Most often a large section of a dam will be either an embankment or gravity dam, with the section responsible for power generation being a buttress or arch.

Important Failure Dams Due to Various Reasons

St. Francis Dam California in 1928 two divergent Rock types curved Gravity Dam.

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