Detection of Internal Erosion and Piping in Embankment Dams

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10.2991/ifeesd-16.2016.21How to use a DOI?

Keywords

internal erosion, piping, embankment dams, monitoring system, seepage

Abstract

A physical modeling was established to analyze the mechanism of initiation, continuation, and progression to form a breach for internal erosion and piping. The method accounts for the nature of the soils including sandy gravels, fine-grained sands and silty clay in the dam core and the foundation. Guidance was also provided on the detectability of internal erosion and piping by reviewing the case studies. It is shown that continuous instrumental monitoring system of seepage or surveillance would be needed to detect the internal erosion and piping.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yu Wang
AU  - Ning Guo
AU  - Shijun Wang
AU  - Yanchang Gu
PY  - 2016/05
DA  - 2016/05
TI  - Detection of Internal Erosion and Piping in Embankment Dams
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Forum on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 114
EP  - 122
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ifeesd-16.2016.21
DO  - 10.2991/ifeesd-16.2016.21
ID  - Wang2016/05
ER  -