Download or read book An Introduction to Seepage Failure Modes in Embankment Dams written by J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A. and published by Guyer Partners. This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in failure modes due to seepage at embankment dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS 2. SEEPAGE-RELATED ISSUES AND FAILURE MODES 3. KEY DATA FOR SEEPAGE EVALUATIONS.
Download or read book An Introduction to Seepage Failure Modes in Embankment Dams written by J Paul Guyer and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in failure modes due to seepage at embankment dams. Here is what is discussed:1. DEFINITION OF TERMS 2. SEEPAGE-RELATED ISSUES AND FAILURE MODES3. KEY DATA FOR SEEPAGE EVALUATIONS.
Download or read book An Introduction to Seepage Failure Modes in Embankment Dams for Professional Engineers written by J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A. and published by Guyer Partners. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers interested in seepage failure analysis of embankment dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS, 2. SEEPAGE-RELATED ISSUES AND FAILURE MODES, 3. KEY DATA FOR SEEPAGE EVALUATION.
Download or read book An Introduction to Seepage Mitigation in Embankment Dams written by J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A. and published by Guyer Partners. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in seepage at earth and rockfill embankment dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. SEEPAGE CONTROL MEASURES 3. SEEPAGE REDUCTION MEASURES 4. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY MEASURES 5. SEEPAGE MONITORING
Download or read book Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dam Failure Mechanisms and Risk Assessment written by Limin Zhang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects of risk assessment in a concise manner • The first book that introduces the causes, processes and consequences of dam failures • Integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects of risk assessment in a concise manner • Emphasizes integrating theory and practice to better demonstrate the application of risk assessment and decision methodologies to real cases • Intends to formulate dam-breaching emergency management steps in a scientific structure
Download or read book Embankment Dams written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Modes of Failure of Dams for Professional Engineers written by J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A. and published by Guyer Partners. This book was released on 2022-09-18 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in failure modes of dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. MODES AND CAUSES OF FAILURE, 2. SAMPLE ONSITE EXAMINATION CHECKLISTS.
Download or read book Instrumentation Monitoring and Surveillance Embankment Dams written by A.D.M Penman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides giving an historical introduction to embankment dams the book describes the need for instrumentation, planning procurement and installation practices of instruments. The significance of visual inspection and techniques, of monitoring various parameters, seepage, pore pressure, surface and internal displacements, earth pressures and seismic behaviour, through instrumentation has been described. Collection and processing of data and their use for back analysis to check stability of a dam at various stages of construction and reservoir filling have been suggested. In addition to case histories quoted in various chapters, an exclusive chapter on select case histories has been added which describes the conventional and latest instruments that are being used and methods adopted for installation, monitoring and analyses of data.
Download or read book Seepage Analysis and Control for Dams written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Modes of Failure of Dams and Examination Checklist written by J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A. and published by Guyer Partners. This book was released on 2020-08-16 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in safety inspection of existing dams and reservoirs. Here is what is discussed: 1. MODES AND CAUSES OF FAILURE 2. SAMPLE ONSITE EXAMINATION CHECKLISTS.
Download or read book Seepage Through Earth Dams written by A. A. Uginchus and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Internal Erosion of Dams and Their Foundations written by Robin Fell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internal erosion and piping in embankments and their foundations is the main cause of failures and accidents to embankment dams. For new dams, the potential for internal erosion and piping can be controlled by good design and construction of the core of the dam and provision of filters to intercept seepage through the embankment and the foundations. This book presents selected and reviewed papers from the Workshop on Internal Erosion and Piping of Dams and their Foundations, which was held from 25 to 27 April, 2005 in Aussois, France. The book covers the whole internal erosion process, from initiation of erosion, continuation, progression to form a pipe, and formation of a breach. An overview paper based on the papers and discussion at the Workshop describes the state of the art and research needs. Internal Erosion of Dams and their Foundations will be most valuable to dam engineers, researchers and students who are involved in assessing the safety of embankment dams from internal erosion and piping.
Download or read book Dam Breach Modelling and Risk Disposal written by Jian-Min Zhang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings book gathers contributions presented at the First International Conference on Embankment Dams (1st ICED, Beijing, 5–7 June 2020), which was the inaugural conference of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC210 on Embankment Dams. The contributions address five themes: (1) case histories on the failure of embankment dams and landslide dams; (2) dam failure process modelling; (3) soil mechanics for embankment dams; (4) dam risk assessment and management; and (5) monitoring, early warning and emergency response. These proceedings offer a unique resource that systematically presents recent dam breaching cases, their social impact, associated risk management strategies, and disposal methods for failed dams. It is an excellent reference guide for dam and levee engineers, flood safety officials, and emergency management agencies.
Download or read book An Introduction to Seepage Mitigation in Embankment Dams written by J Paul Guyer and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers interested in seepage mitigation for earth and rock fill embankment dams. Here is what is discussed:1. GENERAL2. SEEPAGE CONTROL MEASURES3. SEEPAGE REDUCTION MEASURES4. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY MEASURES5. SEEPAGE MONITORING.
Download or read book Finite Element Analysis of Embankment Dam Due to Rapid Drawdown Events written by Michael Steven Archard and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stability of large earth embankment dams is imperative for public safety and economic reasons. Among the numerous potential failure modes (which range from internal erosion to overtopping) slope instabilities can be triggered by changing boundary conditions associated with flood loading or rapid drawdown (RDD) conditions. The assessment of slope stability under RDD conditions is difficult to estimate due to the time-dependence of pore pressures within the dam and uncertainties in the shear strength properties of compacted fills. Computational analysis tools such as non-linear finite element methods allow for more comprehensive analyses than can be accomplished by conventional steady seepage and limit equilibrium methods and enable more detailed investigations of the underlying material properties and boundary conditions affecting earth dam performance. This thesis describes the use of finite element (FE) analyses to evaluate the effects of rapid drawdown on slope stability for a large, earth embankment dam, 'CV dam', located in Central New York State that was constructed in the 1960s. Hydraulic properties of the embankment fill are evaluated by fitting measurements of pore pressures inside the dam with 2-D steady seepage using the PLAXIS 2D 2015TM finite element program. Using these calibrated properties, slope stability is computed using the same program through the method of c-phi reduction using undrained and transient pore pressure conditions for a range of reservoir drawdown events. The results show how stability of the upstream slope can be related to the time-dependent drawdown of the reservoir. Instantaneous undrained drawdown generates the lowest factors of safety, while transient analyses provide a more realistic estimate of the operative factor of safety. The results confirm that there is adequate safety against slope stability for the full range of proposed drawdown events in the reservoir.
Download or read book Geotechnical Engineering of Dams written by Robin Fell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 1374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The book provides dam engineers and geologists with a practical approach, and gives university students an insight into the subject of dam engineering. All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered, through to the preliminary and detailed design phases and ultimately the construction phase. This revised and expanded 2nd edition includes a lengthy new chapter on the assessment of the likelihood of failure of dams by internal erosion and piping.
