A Study on Design of Modern Classic Concrete Dams

Focusing on Designed or Supervised by Dr. Tojiro Sano

Abstract

Dr. Tojiro Sano is known as a dam engineer, who designed the first masonry dam in Japan, the Nunobiki Gohonmatsu dam. He also superviseddesign of some characteristic dams, the Karasubara-Tatsugahata dam, and the Honenike dam, which is an only multiple arch type dam in Japan. His design was always improved by studying foreign new engineering. For example, he visited India to study the British way of dam design. His early dams were decorative neoclassicism, but later decoration was vanished from his works. His works were neat and detailed.