This study aims to simulate water seepage and identify areas of weakness in the foundations through right left sides proposed Makhool dam northern Iraq, using finite element method by advanced computer software (SEEP/ W, 2012). The earth fill is 3670 m long on Tigris River. Many attempts were made ascertain program results supposed compare with those other analytical methods verify program. are...

Fly ash is one of coal ashes resulted from power plants using coal to generate electricity. As a result of large utilization of coal, large volumes of coal ash produced as waste material. Direct use of these materials in construction projects, not only provides a promising solution to the disposal problem, but also as an alternative for structural fills material. High shear strength, low compre...

Earthen river embankments are typically in unsaturated conditions during their lifetime and the degree of saturation within bodies may vary significantly throughout year, due to seasonalfluctuations stage, as well infiltrations meteoric precipitation evapotranspiration phenomena. Given significant effects partial on hydro-mechanical behaviour soils, realistic assumptions actual water content di...

The evaluation of riverbank stability often represents an underrated problem in engineering practice, but is also a topical geotechnical research issue. In fact, it certainly true that soil water content and pore pressure distributions the materials vary with time, due to changeable effects hydrometric climatic boundary conditions, strongly influencing bank conditions. Nonetheless, assessment h...

In this study, a structure that can effectively prevent overtopping caused by abnormal rainfall was installed in deteriorative agricultural reservoir, and seepage characteristics were compared analyzed through model experiments numerical analysis. The experimental conditions observed installing stepped gabion, vertical parapet combination with gabion retaining wall, geomembrane, core on the dam...

the number of constructed dams has been largely increased due to high demands of water supplies, and earth dams are the most common types since they are more compatible to the environment. nevertheless, the stability of these important structures during earthquakes has to be carefully evaluated and guaranteed. in the past, earth dams usually designed with pure clay core, but in recent decades t...