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Which of the following is not one of the criteria, for design of gravity dam?

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Which of the following is not one of the criteria, for design of gravity dam?

(a) The wall must be safe against sliding

(b) The wall must be safe against overturning

(c) The wall must be thinner in section

(d) No tension should be developed in the wall

The question was posed to me in class test.

Question is from Culmann’s Graphical Method for Active Pressure topic in portion Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Right choice is (c) The wall must be thinner in section

Easiest explanation: As the gravity wall resists the earth lateral pressure by its weight, therefore it should be thicker in section.

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