Q. Which of the following component of a buttress dam is also called counterfort?

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Q. Which of the following dam is also known as the Amberson dam?

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Q. Which of the following dam requires no reinforcement?

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Q. Multiple arch dams are generally used for ______________

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Q. The load from the deck of a buttress dam is transmitted to the foundations through the ______

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Q. At a given elevation, the thickness of the arch ring is proportional to the radius of the arch.

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Q. The best design of an arch dam is when __________________

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Q. According to thin cylinder theory, the volume of concrete required for an arch dam would be minimum if the central angle is ____________

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Q. Which of the following is not the basis for the design of an arch dam?

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Q. The stresses due to rib-shortening become quite important in the case of _____________

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Q. The temperature stresses producing worst effects in the design of arch dams are caused by ______________

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Q. The thin cylinder theory for designing arch dams is based only on ___________________

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Q. Which among the following is not an assumption of the ‘Trial Load Analysis’ method of design of arch dams?

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Q. Which of the following theory is the most accurate method to design arch?

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Q. Which of the following forces is the least important in the design of arch dams?

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Q. The type of arch dam which generally requires overhangs at abutments is of ________________________

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Q. A constant radius arch dam is also sometimes called as _______________

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Q. A V-shaped valley with stronger foundations can suggest the choice of an arch dam is of the type ___________________________

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Q. In an arch dam, the extrados curve refer to the arch rings corresponding to the ____________________

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Q. The most economical central angle of the arch rings of an arch dam can be adopted only at one place preferably at mid-height in an arch dam is of the type __________________

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