WSP02714

• File Number: 8220.200.05.J
• Description: Hoover Dam/Lake Mead/Boulder Canyon Project
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1938
• Title: Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports: Part V/ Bulletin 2 - Slab Analogy Experiments
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS

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SECTION
Introductory statement ___..mom'm",_______ ....................._.._....__.. . .........__________.... 11
Engineering organization during construction .........un....... .n................____.... vi
Foreword _h..............__.nn...........__........_hn........................n__..__...._____.__._____....__....______.. vii
Contents .__n...........__..__....__n....nnn_n......nnnnn.......n......_._......__._____.__ 1
List of figures __........_nn.__......_........n_....n............._....__._.u_...._n....h..h_n.................... 5
List of tables m...................................,...................m.......................m......m.............. 7

CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTION

1 Two-dimensional stress and Airy's function ._______m_....._ mn....__....__.___ 9
2 Methods of attack __.___....___m______.......______h...__.........._____.______ ......0.................____. 10
3 Slab analogy ....nnnnnnnnnnnn....................................n. ........n..n..nn..............nn..n 10
4 Acknowledgments ......n........n..................n..n....n..nnn..n..n............nu............nnnn.. 11
6 Suggestions to readers ............................n....n....mm:.....nnn...n...n..........n............ 11

CHAPTER II-GENERAL CONDITIONS AND
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

GENERAL CONDITIONS.

6 Preliminary statement ....n.........mnnmnn...nn............................. ..mn..m..n......n.. 13
7 Definitions ....n.................. .......n...nn......................u.n....n....nnn.........n...........n...... 14
8 Notation nnnnnnn....n..nnn.nunnn...nnnnn..................u........n..nnn....nu.n.......n.......... 14
9 Requirements and limitations ....n............n....nm.n....nm.nnn....n..m.......n.......... 16
10 The experimental slab .......m.......u...............n..n.....m.m................unnmnnnmnn.' 17
11 Application to the slab .......u.m.u..nnnnn..n........m...n....n....m...nn.....m...m........n 17
12 Structures investigated ..........................n..........mm..............m.u....u..........n..nnn" 18

THE CROWN CANTILEVER

13 Section and loading nn...m..................nu.....m....n.............n....nmmhnnhmnnn........ 18
14 Boundary conditions, tulI water load hn...... .......m.........u..........u...mn.. 20
15 Boundary conditions, trial water load ..m'mn"m......n....n...unmn...uhu"hm '.... 22
16 Welgbt loading .............................mmmmm............................. .....m........................ 23
17 The weight function u... .....hm..nn..................n.....hm........m.............n..............nn 24
18 Physical concept of weight function .......m................... .......n..mnmnnnh....hn. 26
19 Foundation stress distribution hd....n...........................mm....hm..nnmm..m....... 27
20 The foundation as a seml-lnllnile plate ............ .....m..m.................................. 28

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