Seepage Analysis and Control for Dams. Change 1

Abstract

This manual presents the fundamental design principles and guidance concerning seepage considerations for design of new dams and the evaluation of existing projects. All earth and rock-fill dams are subject to seepage through the embankment, foundation, and abutments. Concrete gravity and arch dams are subject to seepage through the foundation and abutments. Seepage control is necessary to prevent excessive uplift pressures, sloughing of the downstream slope, piping through the embankment and foundation, and erosion of material by loss into open joints in the foundation and abutments. The purpose of the project, i.e., long-term storage, flood control, etc., may impose limitations on the allowable quantity of seepage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1993
Accession Number
ADA402881

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Construction
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Flood Control
  • Geography
  • Geometric Forms
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design