In: Civil Engineering
A body of water is being retained by a concrete dam wall (15 ft high and 6 ft thick). What is the maximum height the water can rise without causing the intensity of pressure at the toe greater than twice the average pressure on the base? Assume that concrete weighs 150 lbs per cubic foot, there is no seepage causing uplift against the bottom of the wall, and water weighs 62.5 lbs per cubic foot.
Given condition is should not be greater than .
e,eccentrcity=(b/2)-(Overturning moment about toe/Vertical force).
Over turning moment is taken as positive if moment is anticlockwise about toe.