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Page 291
... dispersive clay did not erode in the pinhole test with the slightly salty water running through the hole . SIGNIFICANCE OF TEST RESULTS ON NONDISPERSIVE CLAY For the typical nondispersive low sodium clay there is no visible erosion in ...
... dispersive clay did not erode in the pinhole test with the slightly salty water running through the hole . SIGNIFICANCE OF TEST RESULTS ON NONDISPERSIVE CLAY For the typical nondispersive low sodium clay there is no visible erosion in ...
Page 303
... nondispersive clay , no individual colloidal clay particles go into suspension and the velocity is too low to cause flocs of clay particles to be pulled from the soil mass . Therefore , in the nondispersive clay , the leakage water ...
... nondispersive clay , no individual colloidal clay particles go into suspension and the velocity is too low to cause flocs of clay particles to be pulled from the soil mass . Therefore , in the nondispersive clay , the leakage water ...
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... dispersive state . These test results ( 3 ) can be interpreted to define the boundary between dispersive and nondispersive states as shown in Table 1 . Thus the water bath erosion test , quite different in all details from the pinhole ...
... dispersive state . These test results ( 3 ) can be interpreted to define the boundary between dispersive and nondispersive states as shown in Table 1 . Thus the water bath erosion test , quite different in all details from the pinhole ...
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active faults ASCE asphaltic concrete Atterberg limits base soil base specimen borehole broadly graded caused ceramic tip CFRD clay core clay dams clayey coarse cohesionless compacted compressive concentrated leaks concrete slab conduit construction core material Creek crest settlement damage developed dispersive clay dispersive soils displacement downstream filter earth core earth dams earthquake embankment dams eroded erosion tunnels experience failure fault breaks finer flow Geotechnical Engineering gravel grout hole homogeneous dams horizontal hydraulic fracturing impervious core impervious sections impervious soils initial leak kg/cm² laboratory tests layer leakage channel liquid limit maximum measured membrane meters nondispersive occurred Oklahoma open cracks particles permeability pinhole test piping plasticity pore water pressure probably relatively reservoir filling reservoir water rockfill dam samples sand seepage Sherard sieve silts slope sodium Soil Mechanics spillway stress surface test pit vertical vibrating wire piezometers voids water content width Wister Dam Zone