Experimental investigation of global backward erosion and suffusion of soils in embankment dams

Many embankment dams constructed with a core of nonplastic or very low plasticity silt–sand–gravel (typically of glacial, fluvioglacial or alluvial origin) have experienced internal erosion. This has often expressed itself with the development of sinkholes or with intermittent episodes of increased...

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description Many embankment dams constructed with a core of nonplastic or very low plasticity silt–sand–gravel (typically of glacial, fluvioglacial or alluvial origin) have experienced internal erosion. This has often expressed itself with the development of sinkholes or with intermittent episodes of increased leakage, which then reduces. In this investigation 22 soil samples with gradations representing the range of the soils used in embankment dam cores have been tested in the laboratory. All 22 soils tested were shown to be internally unstable with particle movement within the soil after placement. Some soils exhibited global backward erosion (GBE), others suffusion, and some internal instability but with no erosion from the sample, indicating self-filtering. The internal erosion process was very rapid for suffusive soils, typically occurring within minutes of test commencement, and at a gradient of 1. For soils subject to GBE and no-erosion soils, the internal movement of particles continued for weeks and months, and re-activated when the overall gradient was increased. For GBE, the erosion process occurred over a range of gradients. A method for predicting the amount of erosion and the erosion mechanism based on the gradation of the soil has been developed that is related to the ability of the soil to self-filter.
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subjects Alluvial deposits
Australia
Barrages
barrages de remblai
Dam construction
Dams
Embankment dams
Embankments
Erosion
Erosion mechanisms
Erosion processes
Foster, M.A
Glaciers
global backward erosion
Gradients
Gravel
Instability
internal erosion
internal stability
Silt
Sinkholes
Soil
Soil erosion
Soil gradation
Soil investigations
Soil stability
Soil testing
Soils
stabilité interne
suffusion
érosion en arrière globale
érosion interne
title Experimental investigation of global backward erosion and suffusion of soils in embankment dams
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