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Technical Engineering and Design Guides as Adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers No. 27. This manual outlines the key components that will ensure the safety and performance of these dams, including competent and adequate supervision, careful inspection and control testing. Detailed chapters cover every aspect of foundation and abutment treatment, field organization and responsibility, borrow areas and quarries, earth-fill and rockfill construction, and miscellaneous construction features such as river diversion, stage construction and service bridge pier foundations. Useful appendices contain methods for relating field density data to desired or specified values, field compaction control forms, instructions for preparing periodic summaries of field compaction control data, detailed information on instruments used in earth and rockfill dam construction and lists of required and related publications, as well as a bibliography. This detailed and useful manual is an essential information source for engineers and constructors.

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Author:   U S Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher:   American Society of Civil Engineers
Imprint:   American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume:   No. 27
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9780784403327

ISBN 10:   0784403325
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   31 July 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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