<p>Scour of rock is a complex process and can be very problematic for dams when excessive scour threatens dam stability. Removal of individual rock blocks is one of the principal mechanisms by which scour can occur, particularly in unlined spillways and on ...

This report compares two different dam types (Roller Compacted Concrete Dam and Concrete Face Rock-fill Dam) in order to help the decision making when choosing what dam type to build in Panama, where Vattenfall is involved in a joint venture to build a dam ...

The basis of the design of earth and rockfill dams is focused on ensuring the stability of the structure under a set of conditions expected to occur during its life. Combined mechanical and hydraulic conditions must be considered since pore pressures develop ...

<p>These guidelines describe the design and construction requirements for the construction of a proposed dam or the reconstruction, modification, enlargement, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of an existing dam in Texas. These design and construction ...

<p>A numerical procedure for the preliminary estimation of the earthquake-induced settlement of concrete face rockfill dams is presented. The method is based on a simple constitutive model that accounts for the key features of the behavior of coarse grained ...

It is the purpose of this paper to show how RCC design and construction techniques were developed with time and how RCC is today applied in a general way at South African dams.

<p>This white paper is intended to be a "living document" that presents the "state of the practice" for determining fill strength parameters for earthfill embankment dams and the static analysis of embankment dams.</p>

<p>Up to now the investigations developed about the hydraulics of stepped spillways in RCC dams, are focused in analyzing the flow over an uncontrolled spillway. There isn&rsquo;t much information about the behavior of gated stepped spillways. For this reason ...

The deformation behaviour during construction, on first filling and post first filling has been analysed from a database of some 134 embankments, including earthfill, zoned earthfill, zoned earth and rockfill and puddle core earthfill embankments. Factors ...

<p>Teton Dam failed during its first filling on 5 June 1976. The 405-ft high dam was designed and built using modern standards; therefore its failure received considerable scrutiny from engineering experts. Failure mechanisms suggested included hydraulic fracture, ...