upstream blankets, drains and cutoff walls are considered as effective measures to reduce seepage, uplift pressure and exit gradient under the foundation of hydraulic structures. to investigate the effectiveness of these measures, individually or in accordance with others, a large number of experiments were carried out on a laboratory model. to extend the investigation for unlimited arrangement...

abstract among activities that can be used to prevent piping phenomena and reduce seepage and exit gradient are installation of cutoff wall and drain under hydraulic structures. hence in this study, to investigating the influence of each mentioned parameter on uplift force and exit gradient a computer model has developed in which general equation of fluid flow into the isotropic and anisotropic...

In the application of guided waves NDT, the selection of exciting frequency is not only related with the setup of sensor, but also with the characteristics of pipe’s structure and material. In this paper, the characteristic of guided waves propagation in pipes that L(0,1) and L(0,2) have a cutoff frequency are respectively discussed, and the calculation formulas of their cutoff frequency are gi...

We consider the thermodynamics of minimally coupled massive scalar field in 3+1 dimensional Taub-NUT background. The brick wall model of 't Hooft is used. When Schwarzschild like coordinates are used it is found that the usual radial brick wall cutoff parameter is required to regularize the solution. Free energy of the scalar field is obtained through explicit counting of states. It is found th...

The long-term stability analysis of cutoff wall affected by construction effect is crucial. longterm the Daning Reservoir mainly combined action highway vehicle load, extreme load and water under different storage loads. In this paper, prediction model method grey theory are used to predict horizontal displacement at top wall, settlement top, maximum principal stress reinforced concrete plastic...

Quantum field theory in the near-horizon region of a black hole predicts the existence of an infinite number of degenerate modes. Such a degeneracy is regulated in the brick wall model by the introduction of a short distance cutoff. In this Letter we show that states of the brick wall model with non zero energy admit a further degeneracy for any given finite value of the cutoff. The black hole ...

Piano key (PK) weirs are used in a variety of flow control structure applications, including spillway crests and open channel diversion structures. However, to the best authors’ knowledge, structure-specific design guidance for scour mitigation is still needed. To fill this gap systematic experimental campaign was conducted by testing different configurations horizontal aprons with cutoff wall....

considering the seepage and choosing an efficient sealing method is very important in dam projects. this issue has a close relationship with engineering geological properties of the dam site. chapar-abad dam is an inhomogeneous earth-fill dam of 44.5 meters height, crest length about 427 meters and a reservoir capacity of 127 million cubic meters. the dam project is under construction and is lo...