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Thanks for the article. There can be nothing like fail proof system. This was nearly proof and human beings should realise it.�

Prof ARC

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 12:24 alpa_sheth

On Dec 11, 1967, at 04:21 hrs IST, a major earthquake occured very close to a concrete dam. The plain concrete structure withstood the shock with some repairable damage wheres the residential colony j ...

It will be a good idea if you specify what changes you recommend rather than this vague and I am sorry to say, immature comments

write to BIS with your suggestions clause by clause and request them ...

Mr. I Barua was a brilliant engineer.Though, we were at the same time at IIT-KGP, he was in BTech and I was in MTech
Mainly through SEFI , we had interacted now and then
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Why Am I Writing on This Topic?
Really, Now I understand that I do not know, why have all its way, I have been writing on this topic?
I am wasting my mind & my time for those, who do not exist w ...

The distress to the dam in question has nothing to do with original design and execution and DEFINITELY NOT EARTHQUAKE RELATED as at present

The failure is due to lack of maintenance

Existing ...

We had talked in this Forum about the Dec 11, 1967 event near Koyna Dam siteThe 50th anniversary of that event would occur later this year

Dams behave much better in the event of earthquake !!!
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That factor of 2.5 is just STUPIDSince the intention is to discourage SOFT STOREY it should be explicitly stated as such

if the system is properly modelled [which is rarely done], there is no nee ...

We must accept that there is NOTHING LIKE FAIL PROOF SYSTEM.The practice followed in USA for design and execution is probably the best as there is very little corruption in the process and there are c ...

What is surprising is NOT THE FAILURE of some [why not MORE] buildings�inspite of so much carelessness and abuse of the system

That is the reason why this type of building profession continues to e ...