Embankment Dams: Static deformation analysis, Part 9U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Assistant Commissioner, Engineering and Research, 1992 - Dams - 30 pages |
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1-D analysis 1.0 percent rule abutments advanced analyses Appendix appurtenant structures assumptions axial strain bedrock Bureau of Reclamation camber design Chapter 9 Static conservative Contract Report Corps of Engineers cracking potential design features DESIGN STANDARDS determine differential settlements downstream Earth and Rockfill EFFECTIVE STRESS effects of deformations Elastic Embankment elevation embankment and foundation EMBANKMENT DAMS embankment deformations embankment height embankment materials embankment zoning estimate settlements excess pore pressures factors figure 4-B Finite Element Analyses foundation and embankment foundation deformations Foundation Settlement Calculations Geotech Geotechnical Engineering hydraulic fracturing impervious core J. M. Duncan lbf/ft³ located material properties maximum section Mississippi moisture content normally consolidated odometer test One-dimensional Compression Calculations parabolic equation pattern of deformations post construction settlements procedure reservoir water Rockfill Dams S₁ soil element Static Deformation Analysis Table 1-B tensile stresses total compression U.S. Army Corps upstream vertical settlement vertical stress Vicksburg weak foundation materials weak materials