A review of Beliche Dam

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-285

  Alonso, E E ^a   Olivella, S ^a   Pinyol, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case history; Collapsed settlement; Constitutive relations; Dams; Laboratory tests; Numerical modelling and analysis

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RAIN; ROCKS;

CLAY CORE; DEFORMATION COMPONENT; EARTHDAM; ROCKFILL SHOULDERS;

DAMS;

DAM FAILURE; EARTH DAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; SUBSIDENCE;

BELICHE DAM; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18844397002     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.4.267     Document Type: Review

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