4.1 COLUMNS AND STRUTS
COLUMNS AND STRUTS – DEFINITION – SHORT AND LONG COLUMNS
– END CONDITIONS – EQUIVALENT LENGTH / EFFECTIVE LENGTH–
SLENDERNESS RATIO – AXIALLY LOADED SHORT COLUMN – AXIALLY
LOADED LONG COLUMN – EULER’S THEORY OF LONG COLUMNS –
DERIVATION OF EXPRESSION FOR CRITICAL LOAD OF COLUMNS WITH
HINGED ENDS – EXPRESSIONS FOR OTHER STANDARD CASES OF END
CONDITIONS (SEPARATE DERIVATIONS NOT REQUIRED) – PROBLEMS
– DERIVATION OF RANKINE’S FORMULA FOR CRIPPLING LOAD OF
COLUMNS– FACTOR OF SAFETY- SAFE LOAD ON COLUMNS- SIMPLE
PROBLEMS.
5.1 MASONRY DAMS
GRAVITY DAMS – DERIVATION OF EXPRESSION FOR MAXIMUM AND
MINIMUM STRESSES AT BASE – STRESS DISTRIBUTION DIAGRAMS –
PROBLEMS – FACTORS AFFECTING STABILITY OF MASONRY DAMS –
FACTOR OF SAFETY- PROBLEMS ON STABILITY OF DAMS– MINIMUM
BASE WIDTH AND MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF DAM FOR NO TENSION AT BASE
– ELEMENTARY PROFILE OF A DAM – MINIMUM BASE WIDTH OF
ELEMENTARY PROFILE FOR NO TENSION.