Stepped spillways are designed to increase the rate of energy dissipation on the chute and to reduce the size of the downstream energy dissipator. It is essential to predict accurately the turbulent dissipation above the steps for large discharges per unit width corresponding to the skimming flow regime. New measurements were conducted in a large facility with a channel slope of 21.8o and a ste...

in this paper we investigate the mechanism of internal erosion caused in the right abutment of the shahghasem dam’s spillway. shahghasem dam is an earthen dam located in yasouj, in southwest of iran. a significant hole and pipe have been observed in the corner of the right abutment from upstream view. the foundation is marlstone, which has low cohesion and susceptible for internal erosion and p...

Over time and across space, the hydraulic conductivity, fractal dimension, porosity of embankment soil have strong randomness, which makes analyzing seepage fields difficult, affecting risk analysis early disaster warning. This randomness limits application theory in engineering sometimes keeps it laboratory stage. Based on capillary model porous soil, an analytical formula relationship between...

In this paper we investigate the mechanism of internal erosion caused in the right abutment of the Shahghasem dam’s spillway. Shahghasem dam is an earthen dam located in Yasouj, in southwest of Iran. A significant hole and pipe have been observed in the corner of the right abutment from upstream view. The foundation is Marlstone, which has low cohesion and susceptible for internal erosion and p...

Lots of dam failures are the result uncontrolled seepage. The collapse Situ Gintung Dam in Tangerang, Banten-Indonesia 2009 due to heavy rains caused structure collapse. This is increased pore water pressure landfill. To anticipate seepage, it necessary monitor based on behavior changes rainfall and reservoir levels. Seepage within body often monitored using instrumentation tools such as standp...

It is very important for dam safety control to identify reasonably dam behavior according to the prototypical observations on deformation, seepage, stress, etc. However, there are many cases in which the noise corrupts the prototypical observations, and it must be removed from the data. Considering the nonlinear and non-stationary characteristics of data series with signal intermittency, an ens...

relief wells are used extensively to relieve excess hydrostatic pressure in pervious foundation strata overlain by impervious top strata, conditions which often exist landward of levees and downstream of dams and hydraulic structures. placing well outlets in below-surface trenches or collector pipes helps dry up seepage areas downstream of levees and dams. relief wells are often used in combina...