Construction of concrete-faced rockfill dams with weak rocks

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 778-785

  Xing, Hao Feng ^a,b   Gong, Xiao Nan ^b   Zhou, Xiao Guang ^c   Fu, Hai Feng ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Dams; Field tests; Finite element method; Material properties; Permeability; Rocks; Settlement

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROCKS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SLOPE STABILITY;

FIELD TESTS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LABORATORY TESTS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; ROCKFILL DAM; WEAK ROCK;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 33646688146     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:6(778)     Document Type: Article

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