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Dworshak Dam changed many times during its design. The original plans in 1948 described that it would be 370 feet tall. Later plans increased the height to 570 feet, then 630 feet.
KANPUR: The four-day short course on seismic design of concrete gravity dams, organised by the National Information Center for Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at IIT-Kanpur, concluded on Friday.
A national seminar on 'Seismic safety of concrete gravity dams' was organised in New Delhi on Friday. KANPUR: The National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at IIT-Kanpur ...
Researchers have used precariously-balanced rocks to set the formal design earthquake motions for a major existing engineered structure -- the Clyde Dam, the largest concrete dam in New Zealand.