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Extensometers 48
mechanical 50, 126
electro-acustic 50
electro-optical 51
electrical resistance strain-gauges 51
demountable 53
inductive 50,53
Factor of safety 143
Failure of arch-gravity dam models, considerations on 144
Form factor X 3
Fundamental quantities
Geomechanical models 152
of dams 152
examples of dam models 161, 162, 163,
164,165, 166, 168
two-dimensional models 169
examples of two-dimensional models 171,
174, 177
Gravitational forces, application of 34
Homogeneity, principle of 2
Hydrostatic load distribution in arch dams
130
membrane resistance 133
bending resistance 133
twisting resistance 133
Hydrostatic pressure 41
by means of liquids of different densities
41
by means of bags of liquid with differential hydraulic head 42
by means of hydraulic jacks 43
182
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Self weight 34
technique in use at ISMES 34, 70, 124,
137
by centrifuging 36
by inversion 37
distribution for successive stages of construction 37
distribution of, in dam models 128
Shear tests on briquettes for geomechanical
models 156
Shrinkage of pumice stone and cement for
mortars 27
Similitude 1
general concepts of 3
in problems of statics 4
Sliding experiments 178
Strain rosettes 52
Stress-strain curve of total stabilization
states 11
Superposition, principle of 59
Surface forces 38, 63
Visco-plastic deformation 12
Wind loading effect 63, 80