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Some Applications Of Geology To Civil Engineering With Special References To New Mexico And The Southwest, Eldred Ray Harrington
Some Applications Of Geology To Civil Engineering With Special References To New Mexico And The Southwest, Eldred Ray Harrington
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Civil Engineers are usually specialists in some branch of the great field. They often get so deep into the forest that nearby trees effectively obscure the forest as a whole. The same is true of the specialists in the numerous branches of the field of geology. The writer has a certain advantage in this study. Not only has he had approximately equal training in both fields but he has lived almost thirty years as an observer outside the "forest", taking occasional excursions into the thickets of the fields but never staying so long in any one of them that he …
Methods Of Routing Floods Through Reservoirs, Rowland W. Fife
Methods Of Routing Floods Through Reservoirs, Rowland W. Fife
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Flood routing through reservoirs serves several major functions. It makes possible the determination of the effect of a reservoir, whether constructed for flood control purposes alone or for other purposes, on historic or predicated future floods at the reservoir site. The effect at the dam site then provides a basis for calculating the effect downstream. It also aids in obtaining the proper manipulation of gated spillways on multiple purpose reservoirs to provide the most advantageous flood control on the stream and at the same time make the best use of the water for power, irrigation, or other purposes.
Correlation Of The Model And Prototype Tests Of The Conchas Dam Service Spillway And Stilling Basin, Geary W. Allen Jr.
Correlation Of The Model And Prototype Tests Of The Conchas Dam Service Spillway And Stilling Basin, Geary W. Allen Jr.
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Conchas Dam and Reservoir, one of the largest water resources projects in the Southwest, build under the supervision of Corps of Engineers, is located below the confluence of the Conchas River and South Canadian River, near Tucumcari, New Mexico. Although it is the source of water supply for the vast Tucumcari Irrigation Project of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, its main purpose is flood control. Conchas Dam exerts a tremendous influence on the economy of the northeastern portion of Texas. To a hydraulic engineer its large size and complex hydraulic features present a most challenging field for study and research