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arch dam

(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure

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No references found			November 14, 2009 (TEKEZE) -- Ethiopia today officially inaugurated Tekeze hydropower plant, whose 44 meter concrete Arch dam is biggest of its kind in African continent. Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's first ever biggest power dam by Sudan Tribune (Sudan) While Katse Dam is the highest concrete arch dam in Africa, Mohale Dam is the highest rockfill dam on the continent consisting of 7. Region by region by African Business ANALYSIS OF LONGYANGXIA DAM'S DEFORMATION The main part of Longyangxia dam is a gravity arch dam of 396 meters in length, 29. Analysis of Longyangxia dam deformation based on seepage and creep ... by Haiqing, Guo; Changcun, Gu; Weiya, Xu / Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation			Arcadia Arcadian Arcadianism Arcadic Arcadic dialect Arcado-Cyprians Arcady arcana arcane Arcangelo Corelli arcanum Arcaro arcature arccos arccosecant arccosine arccotangent arcdegree arced arcella Arcellidae Arceuthobium Arceuthobium pusillum arch Arch brick arch dam arch over Arch rim Arch stone arch support arch- arch-enemy arch. Archaean archaebacteria archaebacterium archaeo- archaeoastronomy archaeobacteria archaeobotany archaeogeology archaeography archaeol. archaeolatry Archaeolithic Archaeologian Archaeologic archaeological archaeologist archaeology archaeomagnetism			arch arteriosus, arcus arteriosus arch arteriosus, arcus arteriosus arch arteriosus, arcus arteriosus arch arteriosus, arcus arteriosus arch arteriosus, arcus arteriosus arch band arch bar arch bar arch bar arch bar arch bar arch barrel roof arch barrel roof arch beam arch blocks arch brace Arch brick Arch brick Arch bridge Arch Bridge Contracting Corporation Arch bridges arch buttant arch buttant arch buttress Arch Capital Group Ltd. arch center Arch Chemicals, Inc. Arch Coal Inc arch corner bead Arch D arch dam Arch Enemy arch expansion arch expansion arch expansion arch expansion arch expansion Arch form Arch form Arch form Arch form Arch form arch girder Arch Imandrite Arch Juan Fernandez arch length arch length arch length arch length arch length arch length deficiency Arch Length Discrepancy Arch Lich Arch Mage ARCH MICROBIOL ARCH models Arch nemesis Arch nemesis Arch nemesis arch of aorta arch of aorta

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