UNIT-IV QUESTIONS

             EARTH DAM & DIVERSION HEAD WORKS

1-Define earth dams and its types?

2- write down the causes of failures of earthen dams?

3- explain the various types of components of earth dam?

4-Write down the requirements for the design of earth dam?

5-Explain Swedish circle method of stability analysis?

6-define phreatic line & forces in the earth dam?

7-Explain functions of diversion head works? How you can select diversion head works ?

8- what are the components of diversion head works?

9-explain bligh creep theory and lane seepage theory?

10-what do you mean by design of weir on permeable foundations?

11-Define khosla theory and its theory of independent variables?