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    Flood Management and River Engineering (Ce 805) 8

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    Buttress dams consist of piers or buttresses that divide the dam into spans. The spans are covered by an inclined concrete slab or arches on the upstream side. Buttress dams have three main elements - a sloping slab, triangular buttresses that transmit water and structural loads to the foundation, and lateral braces that reinforce the buttresses. There are three types of buttress dams: rigid dams where the slab is cast monolithically with the buttresses; articulated dams where the slab is not cast monolithically, allowing for foundation settlement; and semi-rigid dams like round head and diamond head dams that are designed to avoid undesirable rigidity.

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    Buttress dams consist of piers or buttresses that divide the dam into spans. The spans are covered by an inclined concrete slab or arches on the upstream side. Buttress dams have three main elements - a sloping slab, triangular buttresses that transmit water and structural loads to the foundation, and lateral braces that reinforce the buttresses. There are three types of buttress dams: rigid dams where the slab is cast monolithically with the buttresses; articulated dams where the slab is not cast monolithically, allowing for foundation settlement; and semi-rigid dams like round head and diamond head dams that are designed to avoid undesirable rigidity.

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    Buttress dams consist of piers or buttresses that divide the dam into spans. The spans are covered by an inclined concrete slab or arches on the upstream side. Buttress dams have three main elements - a sloping slab, triangular buttresses that transmit water and structural loads to the foundation, and lateral braces that reinforce the buttresses. There are three types of buttress dams: rigid dams where the slab is cast monolithically with the buttresses; articulated dams where the slab is not cast monolithically, allowing for foundation settlement; and semi-rigid dams like round head and diamond head dams that are designed to avoid undesirable rigidity.

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    Flood Management and River Engineering (Ce 805) 8

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    FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND RIVER ENGINEERING (CE 805) 8th sem (for secA &B )

    Date: 16/5/20

    BUTTRESS DAM

    Buttress dam mainly consists of a number of piers or buttresses dividing the total length of the dam
    into a number of spans. All the spans are covered with inclined concrete slab or arches on the
    upstream side of the piers. When the spans are covered with flat inclined slab, it is known as deck
    type buttress dam. When the spans are covered with arches, it is known as multiple arches buttress
    dam. The buttresses are equally spaced, triangular walls proportional to transmit to the foundation
    the water load and the weight of the structure.

    The elements of this dam are the sloping slab, buttresses, mat foundation and lateral braces. The
    function of the braces is to reinforce the buttress. To prevent seepage cut-off walls may be provided.
    Fig 7.4 shows section through concrete buttress dam.

    Buttress dam are of the following types:

    i) Rigid type: In this case sloping deck slab is cast monolithically with the buttresses. No allowance is
    made for settlement of the foundation. Multiple arch dam and multiple dome dams fall under this
    group.

    ii) Articulated buttress dam: These are the flexible dams. The slab is not cat monolithically with the
    buttresses. Flat slab buttress dam is of this type.

    iii) Semi-rigid dam: Round head buttress dam and diamond head buttress dams are such type dams.
    In the design of this dam no undesirable rigidity is considered.
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