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Since its beginning in a distant era, the engineering of dams has evolved from crude works to increasingly complex systems. Ancient dam construction was a tentative art drawn from simple experimentation. Over many centuries, the art was joined gradually with science.
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Jansen, R.B. (1988). Introduction. In: Jansen, R.B. (eds) Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0857-7_1
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