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Construction Stresses in Dworshak Dam

Raphael, Jerome M.; Clough, Ray W.

UCB/SESM-1965/03, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1965-04, 84 pages (635/R25/1965)

Early application of the finite element method to a massive, concrete structure (Dworshak Dam, Idaho) to study the control of random structural cracking induced by temperature changes as concrete hydrates and cools during construction and to investigate the proposed use of one longitudinal contraction joint.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-65-03.pdf (6 MB)