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... embankment material . They are so named to distinguish them from zoned dams , which contain materials of different kinds in different portions of the embankment . Homogeneous dams have been built since the earliest times and are used ...
... embankment material . They are so named to distinguish them from zoned dams , which contain materials of different kinds in different portions of the embankment . Homogeneous dams have been built since the earliest times and are used ...
Page 199
... embankment surface and no particular concern was felt about drying . After the dam was finished , an exploratory ... material exposed in the walls of the pit was care- fully examined . At all points the embankment appeared uniformly well ...
... embankment surface and no particular concern was felt about drying . After the dam was finished , an exploratory ... material exposed in the walls of the pit was care- fully examined . At all points the embankment appeared uniformly well ...
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... material had complete lateral restraint . Gould compiled average values of measured compression for each em- bankment at various times during the construction and plotted them as a function of the weight of an overlying column of embankment ...
... material had complete lateral restraint . Gould compiled average values of measured compression for each em- bankment at various times during the construction and plotted them as a function of the weight of an overlying column of embankment ...
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