Assessing embankment dam filters that do not satisfy design criteria

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 398-407

  Foster, Mark ^a   Fell, Robin ^a,b  

^a Univ of New South Wales ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PIPING SYSTEMS; SOILS;

DAM FILTERS;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

DAM FAILURE; EMBANKMENT DAM; EROSION; FILTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPING;

EID: 0035339625     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2001)127:5(398)     Document Type: Article

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