Quotes from the article: It is only the experts at International Rivers who might assume that every single aspect of the project design could have been completed before the launch of the project. In a recent visit the construction site, Horn Affairs learnt from the chief Engineers that it was after the diversion of the river course that all possible areas of unknown became known (as it became possible to make more studies and concretize the river bed without the distraction of the water flow) ........... As you can understand from the above-quoted text, shear strength is not a reference to the dam rather the soil beneath it. The Panel was simply commenting on how to calculate the resistance of the soil on which the dam is built. And, that it is better to consider the minimal capacity of the soil.(You will get a better grasp from this (link)). Surprisingly, International Rivers mistook shear strength for sheer strength, then sheered into making armature statements. =========== Read more here: hornaffairs/en/2014/04/06/international-rivers-joins-egypt-stop-ethiopia-dam/
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 01:04:52 +0000
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