Mechanical Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 1 (Q.No. 13)
13.
A masonry dam may fail due to
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Virat said:
5 years ago
Mainly damage occur due to overturning.
Neeraj said:
6 years ago
Masonry and concrete are weak in tension. Thus masonry and concrete gravity dams are usually designed in such a way that no tension is developed anywhere. If these dams are subjected to tensile stresses, materials may develop tension cracks.
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Cholleti shashidhar said:
6 years ago
Masonry Dam where it is located?
Keshav said:
9 years ago
Since masonry dam is made of brick and stone it is specially designed only according to compressive strength. So it may due to tension or crushing.
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Padmarao.s said:
10 years ago
Why it was failed due to tension? As it had been fall cause by internal tension means cohesive forces attraction was UN balanced may be I thought. We will check and forward me to.
Konderi Mahesh said:
10 years ago
Masonry dam will any one of above reasons (external force act on it).
Raunak said:
10 years ago
The dam won't failing tension. It will fail in shear. So my answer is only B.
Raj said:
1 decade ago
Tension is placed on any where so first 3 points are related to tension. So answer is any of the above.
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