Determination of length of a horizontal drain in homogeneous earth dams

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 530-536

  Chahar, Bhagu R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DRAINAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEEPAGE; SLOPE PROTECTION;

DOWNSTREAM SLOPE COVER; FLOWNET METHOD; HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

DRAIN; EARTH DAM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEEPAGE;

EID: 10244246565     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2004)130:6(530)     Document Type: Article

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