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"The spillway is 15" thick." That is surprisingly thin. Plenty of concrete surface that you walk (not drive) on every single day is 6 or even 8 inches thick.
by rsync 10y ago
"The spillway is 15" thick."
That is surprisingly thin. Plenty of concrete surface that you walk (not drive) on every single day is 6 or even 8 inches thick.
I'm sure it's within spec and built to fulfill their design, etc., but ... I would hardly call it "burly".
- lostlogin 10y ago6-8 inches is terribly wasteful and a bit of a nightmare for anyone following who wants to fix a pipe. Obviously a thick path is needed sometimes, but 8 inches will take a 10 ton truck just fine.
- wiredfool 10y agoSo how thick does it need to be?
- dredmorbius 10y agoCavitation at Glen Canyon Dam chewed through 3 feet of reinforced concrete and dug a 32' pit along with multiple cavitation gouges in a few minutes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v98omCq1kRA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v98omCq1kRA http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-03/water-vapor-almost-busts-dam http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-03/water-vapor-al...