There are increasing demands from dam safety regulations and guidelines to upgrade the rockfill dams, especially in Norway where over 180 large dams present. To protect hydraulic structure against overtopping events or leakages, it is important use defence mechanisms such as a protective layer of riprap on downstream slope. In this article, we display 9 experimental setups riprap, conducted at ...

Scour is one of the main causes hydraulic structural failures. The present experimental study examines use riprap, submerged vanes, and a combination these for scour reduction around vertical walls spill-through abutments under clear-water conditions. Specifically, influence placing riprap stones with different apron shapes (geometry) and/or group vanes constant height length on abutment was ex...

Earth slopes stabilization is one of the main issues focused on by are in geotechnical engineer. Use of stone columns is one of approaches well increasing the safety factor of earth slopes of the soil embankments; furthermore, it is economical besides the simplicity and ease it exhibits in implementation. . The present paper aims at an experimental comparison of the Ordinary Stone Column (OSC) ...