Search for dissertations about: "geotechnical embankment dam"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words geotechnical embankment dam.
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1. Resistivity investigation and monitoring for detection of internal erosion and anomalous seepage in embankment dams
Abstract : Methods for monitoring seepage and detecting internal erosion are essential for the safety evaluation of embankment dams. Internal erosion is one of the major reasons for embankment dam failures, and there are several tenths of thousands of large embankment dams in the world. READ MORE
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2. Investigation of Suffusion in Glacial Till Dam Cores : Testing methods and critical hydraulic gradients
Abstract : Suffusion is an internal erosion mechanism that occurs in embankment dams when fine grained particles in the dam core are washed out by seepage. Initiation of internal erosion depends mainly on three major factors: grain size distribution of the soil, stress conditions and hydraulic gradient; whilst its continuation depends on the properties of the filter. READ MORE
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3. Identification of soil parameters in an embankment dam by mathematical optimization
Abstract : The finite element method (FEM) has been widely used to analyse earth and rockfill dams. In a finite element analysis a proper constitutive model has to be chosen for each part of the dam in order to simulate the relation between stresses and strains. The zones of an earth and rockfill dam have different functions. READ MORE
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4. Suffusion of Glacial Till Dam Cores : An Experimental Investigation
Abstract : Suffusion, also called internal instability, is an internal erosion mechanism that occurs in embankment dams when fine-grained particles are washed out of the core soil matrix by seepage. Initiation of internal erosion depends mainly on three major factors: grain size distribution of the soil, stress conditions and hydraulic load; whilst its continuation depends of the filter properties. READ MORE
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5. Internal Erosion Phenomena in Embankment Dams : Throughflow and internal erosion mechanisms
Abstract : In this study, two major internal erosion initiation processes, suffusion and concentrated leak mechanisms, which lead to both defect formation in a dam’s body and its foundation and high throughflow in dams subjected to internal erosion were studied. This understanding has the potential to facilitate numerical modelling and expedite dam safety assessment studies. READ MORE