Mechanical behavior of rockfill materials - Application to concrete face rockfill dams
Comportement mécanique des enrochements - Application aux barrages à masque amont en béton. Le barrage poids en enrochement dont l’étanchéité est assurée par un masque en béton sur sa face amont est de plus en plus utilisé aujourd’hui. Son appellation courante est « CFRD1 ».
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Unified strength theory parameters of rockfill material in plane strain state
Three groups of conventional triaxial tests, square triaxial tests and plane strain tests of rockfill material are conducted to study its strength in plan strain stress state.
Shi, Xiusong, Cheng, Zhanlin
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A discrete element material model including particle degradation suitable for rockfill embankments
A material model for future implementation in high rockfill embankments has been developed using discrete elements. Compared to previous modelling of railway ballast representing particles as clumps of spheres with bonded asperities, much simpler ...
de Frias Lopez, Ricardo, +2 more
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rockfill material, cyclic loading, broken rate of particle, influence factor
With regard to the insufficient researches on the reliability of the existing seismic analysis methods for underground structures for the seismic design of large-scale underground structures, three site classifications are designed according to the ...
ZHUANG Hai-yang 1,2, WANG Xue-jian 2, WANG Rui 2, CHEN Guo-xing 2
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Deformation prediction of concrete face rockfill dams based on nonlinear dilatancy model
A simple and robust nonlinear dilatation constitutive model with clear mechanics concept is introduced, and the stiffness coefficient matrix of constitutive relationship is presented.
PAN Jia-jun 1, WANG Guan-qi 2, CHENG Zhan-lin 1, YU Ting 2, JIANG Ji-wei 1
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Deformation and cracking in rockfill dams : case of Jatiluhur dam
Rockfill dams are embankment type of dams whose stability primarily depends onrock properties. The term rockfill dam usually represents a dam that contains morey of its foundations and the occurrence of cracks mayause serious problems in embankment dams.
Rizal, M.
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Experimental investigation into rockfill dam failure initiation by overtopping [PDF]
: Rockfill is the most abundant building material. It is often used for water retention under different contexts, such as dams, embankments or drainage systems. Climate change may cause water levels to rise in reservoirs.
Javadi, Nasrin, Mahdi, Tew-Fik
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Back Analysis on Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Zipingpu CFRD under 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake
:According to 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake peak acceleration attenuation relations, EW, NS, UD direction of the decided dam bedrock ground peak acceleration are 510 gal, 450 gal, 420 gal, and then measured acceleration records(051MXT) are conversion to the ...
zhusheng
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A simplified method for assessment of volume change behavior of rockfill material
In this paper an attempt was made to generalize the results of laboratory tests on modeled rockfill materials so as to evolve a simplified method for assessment of their hulk mechanical properties from minimum test data with an acceptable degree of ...
Thallak, SG, Nagaraj, TS, Yaligar, P
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Safety analysis of rockfill dams during overspill phenomena
An increasing interest is rising on the study of rockfill embankment dams during overspilling. Design criteria of earth dams are being reviewed in many countries to guarantee an increasing safety level in front of an exceptional flooding.
Larese De Tetto, Antonia +3 more
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