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Hoover Dam

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By- Balaji.T.K, CE02B011
CONTENTS
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1. Hoover dam –an Introduction 1
2. Requirements posed by structural design 2
3. Requirements posed by other details 6
4. Type of Concrete 7
5. Guidelines for Mix design 9
6. Fabrication and Installation 10
7. Formwork 11
8. Cooling of concrete 12
9. Temperature control of Mass Concrete 12
10. Quality Assurance 13
11. Bibliography 14



Hoover Dam- an Introduction!

It still stands tall as an engineering marvel high above the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada. Hoover Dam attracts over 7 million visitors from around the new world every year feeding vast tourism into the Las Vegas Nevada and Arizona economy.
The building of Hoover Dam took the brilliance of over 200 engineers to pull-off what many deemed as almost impossible. And it was the fortitude of over 7,000 dam workers that endured amazingly harsh conditions and extreme dangers to complete Hoover Dam......

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Approximate Pages: 12 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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