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(2284) Method of independent variables, or Khosla`s method of determination of uplift pressures and exit gradients
It is an empirical method evolved by an Indian Engineer A N Khosla for determining uplift pressures with high accuracy for a weir founded on permeable soils. The complex foundation profile is broken up into a number of simple profiles, each of which is independently amenable to mathematical treatment.

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