SEEPAGE PROBLEMS OF EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS ON ROCK FOUNDATIONS

The article describes problems encountered at the East Branch (Clarion River) dam in the United States, and discusses various foundation treatments carried out. The embankment comprised a central impervious core with upstream and downstream random zones, and a rockfill zone underlying the upstream slope protection.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Electrical Electronic Press Limited

  Dorset House Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Fetzer, C A
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 38-44
• Serial:
  • International Water Power and Dam Construction
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: IPC Electrical Electronic Press Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Dams; Embankments; Foundation engineering; Foundations; Rockfill dams; Rocks; Scour; Seepage; Slopes; Soil stabilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Dams, embankment; Rock foundations; Seepage erosion; Slope protection
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170289
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM