Earth and Earth-rock Dams: Engineering Problems of Design and Construction |
Contents
Design Considerations | 1 |
3e Curving Earth Dams for Arch Action | 94 |
Failures and Damages | 113 |
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abutments alluvium approximately asphaltic concrete average bankment blanket borrow pit clay coarse coefficient of permeability cofferdam compacted compression computed construction pore pressures construction surface core wall cracks crest cutoff density developed downstream slope drain drainage drawdown drilled dumped earth dams earthquake embankment embankment material embankment sections engineers estimated excavation factor of safety failure surface fill filter fine-grained soils flow forces grout curtain grout holes height horizontal impervious core influence laboratory tests layers leakage liquid limit maximum measurements membrane ment method movement obtained permeability pervious piezometers pipe plasticity pore water pressures problem procedures quantity relatively reservoir riprap rock foundations rockfill dams rolled earth safety factor sand and gravel saturated seepage settlement shear strength shear stresses sheepsfoot roller silt slice slides spillway stability steel thickness tion trench Typical U.S. Army underseepage upstream slope USBR vertical water content wave zone