Question: ' ( a ) . The section of a Solid Gravity Dam built of concrete ( unit weight = 2 4 kN . m )

'(a). The section of a Solid Gravity Dam built
of concrete (unit weight =24 kN.m) is shown
in the figure aside. A tailwater or D/S water depth is 6.0 m when the dam reservoir is at its maximum water levcl (MWL) at 86.0 m. Taking the uplift pressure as cqual to the hydrostatic
pressure at either ends and considered to set over 60% of the arca of the base section, evaluate the (i) net uplift pressure force, (in) hydrodynamic force (as per anger's formula) and (ili) earthquake forces (horizontal and
vernican acung on the dam scction. The carthquakc forces arc cquivalent to 0.10g for horizontal forces and 0.05g for vertical forces.
(take, unit weight of water =10 kN.m)

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