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Structural Model Investigations for Oroville Dam

Raphael, Jerome M.

UCB/SESM-1960/06, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-02, 175 pages (480.2/R25/1960)

To determine which type of dam would be most economical and feasible before construction of the proposed, large Oroville Dam in 1960, engineering analysis studies were initiated for buttress dams, multiple arch dams, arch and buttress dams and rock fill dams.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-60-06.pdf (15 MB)