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Problem Set No. 1
Buttress Dam
1. The Bartlett Dam is a concrete multiple-arch buttress dam on the Verde River, located 50 km
northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam creates Bartlett Lake and its primary purpose
is irrigation water supply. It was the first dam constructed on the Verde River and the first of its
type constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It was built between 193639 and named
after Bill Bartlett, a government surveyor.
3. Lake Tahoe Dam controls the top six feet of Lake Tahoe. With the surface area of the lake, this creates a
reservoir of 732,000-acre-feet capacity and regulates the lake outflow into the Truckee River. Completed in 1913,
Lake Tahoe Dam is a concrete slab and buttress structure with 17 vertical gates. It is 18 feet high and 109 feet long.
Flows are controlled by 17 gates, each 5 ft by 4 ft
4. Lawers Dam
5. Relatively undamaged Sefid Rud Dam located within one km of the fault. The buttress dam has a height of 106
m, a length of 425 m, and a base width of 100 m. The dam was reportedly designed for a static lateral force
coefficient of 0.25. The reservoir was almost full at the time of the earthquake and experienced very intense ground
motion (0.60g). Horizontal and diagonal cracks occurred at the top of some buttresses, but the dam remained
stable. However, a massive rockfall near the dam caused the collapse of the guard house and the death of the
guard.
Requirements
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Fluid Mechanics
Submitted by:
Peter Paul E. Basiloy
BSCE 4a
Submitted to:
Engr. Lorna R. Poquiz
Professor