Embankment Criteria and Performance Report. Aquilla Lake, Aquilla Creek, Texas, Brazos River Basin.

Abstract

This report on the Aquilla Dam and Reservoir Project, in central Texas provides a general description of the project. It also provides the necessary information to reevaluate earth embankment and ancillary structural features and assist in the design of comparable future projects. Partial contents: Construction History; Embankment Description and Construction Methods; Regional and Site Geology; Foundation Conditions; Embankment Design and Stability; Embankment Fill Construction Control; Record Samples; Instrumentation Program; Instrumentation Program; Istrumentation Analysis; Inservice Evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA168214

Entities

Organizations

  • Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Excavation
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Groundwater
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Moisture Content
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pore Pressure
  • Shear Strength
  • Stilling Basins

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design