WSP09459

• File Number: 8220.200.05.J
• Description: Hoover Dam/Lake Mead/Boulder Canyon Project
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1939
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports: Part V/ Bulletin 4 - Stress Studies for Boulder Dam
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS

SEC'l'ION

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Introductory statement..........................................
Engineering organization during construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ., vi

Foreword ........................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. vii
Contents ...........................................................
List of figures..... ...............
List of tables........... .................. .

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CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTION

STRESS STUDIES

1 R6sum6............................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Scope of bulletin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .. 14-

TECHNICAJ_ DESIGNS

3 Preliminary plans. . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15
4- Final design........................................................ 17

METHODS OF ANALYSIS
5 Preliminary plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6 .Analyses of final design.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7 Nonlinear stress analyses............... ... ........................... 20
8 Miscellaneous analyses............................................... 21

SUMMARY-FINAL DESIGN

9 Dead load stresses... . . . . . . .. .. .... . . . . ...... . . . ... .. . . . . . .. .. . ...... 21
10 Full load stresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 22
11 Stability factors.................,.,..............,................. 23
12 Effects of subcooling................................................. 23
13 Earthquake effects................,.................................. 24-
14- Nonlinear stress effects............................................... 24-
15 Mi8cenan~ous studies ............,................................... 25
16 Acknowledgments ................................................... 26

Bibliography .....,..........,...................................... 26

CHAPTER II-STUDIES OF PRELIMINARY DESIGNS

GENERAL INFORMATION

17 Ba.sis for designs..................................................., 29
18 Procedure .........................................,.........,...... 29
19 Data and assumptions.. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . ..... 31