WSP03376

• File Number: 8220.200.05.J
• Description: Hoover Dam/Lake Mead/Boulder Canyon Project
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1940
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Boulder Canyon Project Final Reports: Part V/ Bulletin 6 - Model Tests of Arch and Cantilever Elements
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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COMPARISONS WITH MODEL TESTS
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37 Dead load stresses........_...........m..............un...........................n_ ........................... 71
38 Combined stresses______________ .........--....-.......... ...................................__.__m__m... 73
39 Discussion of results..............____ ...mm..___......um..........__m......._...............nn..__......__...._ 83

CHAPTER IV-ARCH TESTS

INTRODUCTION

40 Purpose of tests um....... n.......................__.
41 Model support............ .......hn.......n......nmn..........

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CONSTRUCTION OF MODEL

42 Casting slabs ............. .........unou___...._ .....__........___.__ .. ...............u.......
43 Temperature crack ......___..........nn......um..........mn............................:...nn
44 Repairing model .............mnm.........................___........mn...._.mh....
45 Loading s:vstem """00'" ...m..m...................

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TESTS OF MATERIALS

46 General.................. ............................ ..........................
47 Compressed-air testing machine..........................
48 Strain meters ...........................
49 Testing procedure nu............ ...........................
50 Beam tests .........___.
51 Torsion tests.......................
52 Summary of results..............mn..
53 Special tests........ ......nm....n....._.......

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PRELIMINARY TESTS

54 Deflection tests._.....m..
55 Results ...............00..... .........n..............................

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CRACKED MODEL TESTS

56 Canyon wall load....... .........................._..........................___ ___............................
57 Cracking of model..............................................m......................m.........................
58 Description of problem,.............m.........................m.......... _................._ ...................
50 Procedure .......................... ...................... ................
60 Evaluation of 'Te-..................................m......_._ ................m
61 Adjustment of deflections.....
62 Effect of cracking........................__

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MODEL WITH FILLETS

G3 Introduction .............._ ...00.._...00............... ..........................00.......................__ ................. 122
64 Repairing the modeLu.........m....___.................................. .................h...... 123
65 Loading system.................................. .................n.m............ ........................... 125
66 Deflection tests.m_....___...........un..un..................................................m.....m...u.............. 130