This is the book Design of Small Dams by Bureau of Reclamation we used in college years ago, and updated a couple of times. It is a large document (60 MB), so don't download if you don't want detail. I barely mentions dam cracks if that is the criteria you are seeking..
This is the book Design of Small Dams by Bureau of Reclamation we used in college years ago, and updated a couple of times. It is a large document (60 MB), so don't download if you don't want detail. I barely mentions dam cracks if that is the criteria you are seeking..
We are interested in the construction of a microdam and want to make some thermal experimentations on. The obtained result can be extrapolate to a real dam ? Is there someone who worked on like simulation ?
It is always possible to build reduced models concrete dam (concrete, plaster , wood, plastic ... ) for any study but the biggest problem is the means of measurement who must be accurate and with small dimensions.
Give me your measurement means ( measurement of displacement, stress measurement , temperature measurement ... ) and try to find solutions.