Resource

Design of Gravity Dams

Resource Type
Guidelines, Technical Manuals, Reference Books
Reference Title
Design of Gravity Dams
Author/Presenter
Copen, Merlin D.
Legas, James
Lindholm, E.A.
Tarbox, G.S.
Reed, F.D.
Townsend, C.L.
Conrad, J.S.
Atkinson, R.O.
Jones, R.R.
Kramer, M.A.
Jones, C.W.
Von Thun, J.L.
Bowles, G.F.
Richardson, J.T.
Lawrence, E.H.
Organization/Agency
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Department of the Interior
Year
1995
Date
May 1995
Abstract/Additional Information

The manual presents instructions, examples, procedures, and standards for use in the design of concrete gravity dams. It serves as a guide to sound engineering practices in the design of concrete gravity dams and provides the technically trained, qualified design engineer with specialized and technical information. Update of 1976 publication. (NTIS abstract)