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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (35727)	7/19/2005 5:15:06 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 306849

Exactly. The point of greatest pressure on a dam is just at the base on the inside wall where the water is. The water pressure also helps to contain the explosive, essentially changing it into a shape charge directed at the dam wall. Even though a dam is thickest and strongest at that point, an explosive at that location has the best chance of overcoming the strength of a dam. The only more effective location for an explosive is inside the walls of a dam, once again at the base. In this location the explosive is entirely contained and thus most effective. .