In dam construction stages when an earth embankment has retained a reservoir with constant water surface elevation for long time, seepage conditions within the will be reach steady state. If it is necessary to drain quickly, pore-water pressures in may remain relatively high while stabling effect of reservoir's weight along upstream (U/S) side removed. This process referring as "Rapid Drawdown"...

Design, construction, as well reliable and safe operation of earthen hydraulic structures (earth dams) in the Republic Uzbekistan, located a seismically hazardous zone, require constant improvement load calculation methods, required by building codes, including loads (static - gravity, hydrostatic) temporary dynamic (seismic). The current normative method does not take into account non-one-dime...