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Книга How Dams Hold Back a River Edward Callenford

How Dams Hold Back a River

The Science, History, and Future of Taming Rivers with Concrete and Steel

Автор: Edward Callenford
Език: Английски език
Корици: С меки корици
Издател: Independently published
Наличност: Очаква се зареждане
Издание 28. 07. 2026
10.55 € 20.63 лв
A great dam holds back a lake weighing millions of tons, generation after generation, with nothing b...

Информация за книгата

Автор
Edward Callenford
Език
Английски език
Корици
Книга - С меки корици
Издадена
2026
страници
134
EAN
9798188600631
Enbook ID
53327373
Издател
Independently published
Теглоt
247
Размери
178 x 254 x 7

Пълно описание

A great dam holds back a lake weighing millions of tons, generation after generation, with nothing but concrete, steel, and a profound understanding of force. How do engineers tame a river, and what happens when they get it wrong?

Edward Callenford explores the science, history, and future of the dam: why an arch dam can be thinner than you would ever dare while a gravity dam relies on sheer mass, how water pressure and uplift threaten to overturn or slide a structure, why spillways and foundations decide life and death, and what the failures of the past taught a cautious profession. He weighs the immense benefits, power, water, flood control, against the human and environmental costs that make dams among the most consequential structures we build.

Balanced, vivid, and illustrated with original diagrams, this is the definitive popular guide to the concrete giants that reshape rivers and nations.