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Designing Earth Dams Optimally

In: Case Studies in Operations Research

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  • G. S. R. Murthy

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

  • Katta G. Murty

    (University of Michigan)

  • G. Raghupathy

    (HES Infra Pvt Limited)

Abstract

Designing an earth dam is an optimization problem and is verycrucial from the view points of safety and cost of construction. Followinga scientic approach, the problem is formulated as a nonlinear programwhich aims at minimizing the material cost of dam with safety factor ofthe design as the main constraint. Computation of factor of safety whichis the main task is tackled intelligently by observing the convex nature offactor of safety. The main contribution of this project is the developmentof the computer program which facilitates determining factor of safety aswell as optimizing the designs with an unlimited scope. The chapter also presents a nice and brief history of earth dams.

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  • G. S. R. Murthy & Katta G. Murty & G. Raghupathy, 2015. "Designing Earth Dams Optimally," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Katta G. Murty (ed.), Case Studies in Operations Research, edition 127, chapter 7, pages 129-165, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4939-1007-6_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1007-6_7
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