Dam Design and Construction MCQs

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Q141.
At a given elevation, the thickness of the arch ring is proportional to the radius of the arch.
Discuss
Answer: (a).True
Q142.
The load from the deck of a buttress dam is transmitted to the foundations through the ______
Discuss
Answer: (b).buttresses
Q143.
Multiple arch dams are generally used for ______________
Discuss
Answer: (a).high heights
Discuss
Answer: (d).Massive head buttress dam
Q145.
Which of the following dam is also known as the Amberson dam?
Discuss
Answer: (d).Free deck buttress dam
Q146.
Which of the following component of a buttress dam is also called counterfort?
Discuss
Answer: (b).Buttress
Q147.
Which of the following type of dam requires very strong and stable foundations and is not in use as much as the other types?
Discuss
Answer: (c).Columnar buttress type dam
Q148.
Which of the following is the earliest recorded multiple arch buttress dam?
Discuss
Answer: (a).Meer Alam dam in India
Q149.
In a simple deck slab buttress dam of a given height, the buttress spacing can be increased by increasing the upstream slope.
Discuss
Answer: (a).True
Q150.
The buttresses of a free deck buttress dam are provided at ‘x’ m clear spacing and buttress thickness is proposed to be ‘t’ m. The buttress section can then be designed like the section of a concrete gravity dam by considering the effective unit weight of water = Surcharge factor (S) x actual unit weight of water. The value of this surcharge factor is given as _____________
Discuss
Answer: (b).S = (x + t)/t