Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics · Lesson 17 of 27

Reservoir and Dam Hydraulics

Compute the hydrostatic thrust on a dam face, add uplift at the base, then check a gravity dam section for overturning and sliding with proper factors of safety, size a spillway with the weir equation, and route a flood through reservoir storage, all board-standard skills on the Hydraulics and Geotechnical Engineering paper of the CELE.

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