EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION: NEW MELONES DAM

New Melones Dam, located on the Stanislaus River in central California, is a zoned earth and rockfill structure with a maximum height above foundation at embankment center line of 637 feet and with a volume of about 15.9 million cubic yards. The dam consists of a rolled rockfill embankment with a central impervious core inclined upstream. This paper describes the site geology, foundation treatment, embankment construction procedures, embankment properties and instrumentation. The influence of site conditions and fill requirements on the degree of foundation excavation, surface treatment and grouting patterns are discussed. Sources of construction materials and methods of excavation, stockpiling, materials processing and fill placement procedures are described. (Author)

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Stanage, C E
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 621-636
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 108
  • Issue Number: GT4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Dam foundations; Design; Embankments; Excavation; Fills; Geology; Rockfills; Stockpiling
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankments /zoned/
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361346
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1982 12:00AM