Embankment Dams: Static deformation analysis, Part 9

1-D analysis 1.0 percent rule abutments advanced analyses appurtenant structures assumptions axial strain bedrock Bureau of Reclamation camber design conservative Contract Report Corps of Engineers cracking potential DAMS CHAPTER 9 defensive design measures Deformation of Rockfill design features DESIGN STANDARDS determine differential settlements downstream Earth and Rockfill EFFECTIVE STRESS effects of deformations Elastic Embankment elevation embankment and foundation EMBANKMENT DAMS CHAPTER embankment deformations embankment height embankment materials embankment zoning Example Dam excess pore pressures factors figure 5-B Finite Element Analyses foundation and embankment foundation deformations Foundation Settlement Calculations Geotechnical Engineering hydraulic fracturing impervious core J. M. Duncan lbf/ft³ located material properties maximum section Mississippi moisture content normally consolidated odometer test parabolic equation pattern of deformations post construction settlements procedure reservoir water Rockfill Dams soil element Static Deformation Analysis stress distribution Table 3-B tensile stresses total compression U.S. Army Corps upstream vertical settlement vertical stress Vicksburg weak materials