Two-Third of Hydrostatic Pressure at Toe Plus One-Third of Hydrostatic Pressure at Heel

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The uplift pressure on the face of a drainage gallery in a dam is taken as

hydrostatic pressure at toe


average of hydrostatic pressure at toe and heel
two-third of hydrostatic pressure at toe plus one-third of hydrostatic pressure at heel
none of the above

The elementary profile of a dam is


a rectangle
a trapezoidal
an equilateral triangle
a right angled triangle

The maximum permissible eccentricity for no tension at the base of a gravity dam is
B/2
B/3
B/4
B/6

Seepage through embankments in an earthen dam is controlled by


drainage filters
relief wells
drain trenches
provision of downstream berms

Seepage through foundation in an earthen dam is controlled by providing


rock toe
horizontal blanket
impervious cut off
chimney drain

In a chute spillway, the flow is usually


uniform
subcritical
critical
super critical

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