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Consideration of wave back pressures in the design of slab linings on slopes

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    The stability and strength analysis of the slabs should be carried out on the basis of the instataneous resultant wave pressure diagrams, which take into account the variation of the wave action along the slope and with time. The diagrams presented in Figs. 1. 2, and 3 were obtained from large-scale tests with wave heights reaching 2.2 m, which led to minimum scale effects in the models. These diagrams may be used for approximate slab analyses carried out during the preliminary design stages on the basis of a simplified scheme, without taking into consideration the irregularity of the wave action.

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    The slab thickness should be reduced as the depth under the water level increases simultaneously with the decrease of the pressure on the lower surface of the slab (Fig. 3) and in accordance with the law represented in Fig. 4.

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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 3, pp. 38–41, March. 1973.

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Popov, I.Y., Ryabykh, V.M. Consideration of wave back pressures in the design of slab linings on slopes. Hydrotechnical Construction 7, 257–262 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02377194

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