Arch dams : International Workshop on Arch Dams, Coimbra, 5-9 April 1987 / edited by J. Laginha Serafim, R.W. Clough. - Rotterdam ; Brookfield : A.A. Balkema, 1990. - xv, 559 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1, Arch dam shapes (membrane shapes, optimization procedures, international comparisons) -- pt. 2, Criteria for the design of arch dams (thermal, dynamic, other stresses) -- pt. 3, Appropriate foundations - design uncertainties (flow and deformation, case studies) -- pt. 4, Behavior of arch dams (static and dynamic, linear and nonlinear, deterioration, swelling and ruptures) -- pt. 5, Late precursors (pioneers and countries).

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