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PEAK AND POST - PEAK SHEAR STRENGTH OF CEMENT BENTONITE (2010)

Self-hardening cement-bentontie (c-b) slurry walls were constructed as shear walls to stabilize the downstream slope of Tuttle Creek Dam near Manhattan, Kansas. The slope stabilization was required to protect the existing pressure relief well system located at the downstream toe of the dam. The wells require protection from slope deformation induced by liquefaction of the foundation sands during or immediately after the design seismic event. The shear walls are transverse to the axis of the dam, unreinforced, and relatively brittle members that may be exposed to relatively large shear strains, and possible cracking, during or immediately after shaking
Reference:
DFI Journal, the journal of the deep foundation institute, Vol. 4, Aug. 2010
Organization:
Dan Brown and Associates, USA
USA
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