Publication detail

Assessment of global stability of soils with respect to internal erosion

ŘÍHA, J. HALA, M.

Original Title

Assessment of global stability of soils with respect to internal erosion

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Local internal instability of soils subjected to seepage flow may progress and develop into the continuous seepage path, so called piping. The piping phenomena was studied by numerous authors who developed hydraulic criteria for safety assessment of global soil instability and potential dam failure. Piping in the embankment or in the foundation may be originated along the contact of soils different grain size and permeability, along the conduits in the dam body or in the weakened zones with unappropriate soil properties and stress conditions combined with considerable long-time hydraulic load. It is usually originated by local instability such as external suffosion, heave, fludisation, etc. The defect proceeds by the backward erosion, involving leaching and washing out the soil particles downstream of the dam.

Keywords

dam, critical hydraulic gradient

Authors

ŘÍHA, J.; HALA, M.

Released

3. 7. 2017

Publisher

Český přehradní výbor, z.o.

Location

Praha, CZ

ISBN

978-80-906662-2-1

Book

85 th ICOLD ANNUAL MEETING International Symposium “Knowledge based Dam Engineering”

Pages from

1

Pages to

11

Pages count

11

URL

http://www.icold2017.cz/

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT137750,
  author="Jaromír {Říha} and Mario {Hala}",
  title="Assessment of global stability of soils with respect to internal erosion",
  booktitle="85 th ICOLD ANNUAL MEETING International Symposium  “Knowledge based Dam Engineering”",
  year="2017",
  pages="1--11",
  publisher="Český přehradní výbor, z.o.",
  address="Praha, CZ",
  isbn="978-80-906662-2-1",
  url="http://www.icold2017.cz/"
}