Hydraulic Structures: Fourth Edition

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116 EMBANKMENT DAM ENGINEERING


Therefore (^) total0.68 m at point 3.
Point 4: (^) totalrockfill settlement (^) (point 1).
v mean215 kN m^2.
Therefore,
(^) vv/Er215/20 104 1.075%0.22 m
and so (^) total0.450.220.67 m at point 4.


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