HS Chapter 2
HS Chapter 2
HS Chapter 2
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2.1 Introduction
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Classification of Earth dams.
• Based on selection of material earth dams can be divided into
three:- 1. Homogeneous earth dams –one type of soil
Modified Homogeneous earth dams
2.Zoned earth dams –more than one type of soil
3.Diaphram- earth dams
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Piping, sliding problem
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Zoned earth dam
• The central core is used to check seepage and is constructed from clay,
silty clay or clayey silt.
• The pervious shell is used for stability and is constructed from sand,
gravel, or mixture of these.
• The transition filter is used to prevent the migration of materials from the
core to the shell. The d/s transition filter is useful during steady seepage
conditions and the u/s filter is useful during sudden drawdown conditions
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Cont.…
• Diaphragm type earth dam:-The difference b/n zoned and
diaphragm dam is the thickness of the core. w/c is thin
impervious core
• Note:- the selection among the 3 depends on nature and availability of fill material.
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Cause of failures of Embankment dams
3. Structural failure
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Design of Earth dam
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Cont…
2.Free board:-is
difference b/n max
reservoir level and top
crest to avoid
overtopping.
The freeboard
should be adequate
against wave action.
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Cont…
• The free board can be calculated as per Steven son.
Fb = hw + R + S Where: Fb = Free board (cm)
R=Wave run up.
S= wind set-up.
wave height (hw) can be estimated from
V=wind speed(Km/hr)
S (V 2 F cos ) /( 63,000 D) D=avg. depth of res.(m)
α=angle of wind to fetch
R = it can be taken as 50% of wave height(50%hw)
• Settlement allowance = 2%H
• Embankment compression Allowance = 0.001(H)3/2
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Cont.…
U/S and D/S slopes of the dam:- The slopes depend on the type of the
material, foundation condition, height of the dam, and others.
Tentative recommendation by Terzagi is
U/S D/S
Type of Section Type of Material slope slope
well-graded material 2.5:1 2:1
Coarse silt 3:1 2.5:1
Silty clay or Clay: H<15m 2.5:1 2:1
Homogenous section Silty clay or Clay: H≥ 15m 3:1 2.5:1
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Cont.…
• The side slopes of the core in any case should not be greater than
(x-0.5:1) on the upstream and (y-0.5:1) on the downstream.
• where x: 1 is the upstream slope of the shell and y: 1 is the d/s
slope of the shell. The minimum u/s and d/s slopes of the core are
usually 1.5:1 and 1:1 respectively.
Foundation seepage control:- seepage flows and pressure within the
foundation are controlled by cut-offs and by drainage.
• The cut-offs are generally two types:
– Fully penetrating cut-off: penetrate to impervious strata
– Partially penetrating cut-off: terminate where the head loss
across the cut-off is sufficient to effect the required degree of
control (see fig. below)
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Cont.…
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Cont.….
• Downstream Drainage:- to drain the water seepage through the dam
pervious material is required.
• The type of drainage systems includes the following:
– Drainage of the dam
• Horizontal drainage blanket
• Rock toe
• Chimney drain
– Drainage of the foundation
• Toe drain
• Relief walls
• Vertical sand drains
• Upstream face protection:-to protect u/s face of the dam against erosion
stone pitching, concrete slab, asphalting ,rock armoring and riprap can be
proposed.
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SEEPAGE ANALYSIS
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Cont.…
For homogeneous embankments dam, discharge per unit width (q) of the
dam passing through a flow net
q k * H * N f / Nd Where: H is the head differential.
Nf is number of stream lines.
Nd is number of equipotential lines
K coefficient of permeability
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DETERMINATION OF PHREATIC LINES
• let us consider homogeneous earth dam with horizontal filter.
The phreatic line can be located by analytical method, graphical method &
experimental method.
We will see first in this section graphical method of Casagrande parabola.
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Equation of base parabola
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Cont.….
8. Draw perpendicular line from B and obtain intersection point I.
9. Free hand sketch from B to I b/c equipotential lines are
perpendicular to horizontal water surface at B and C.
10. Then drive equation of parabola (PD=PF)
(PD=PF)
s+x =
√𝑥 +𝑦
2 2
.
𝟐 𝟐
𝒚 =𝟐 𝒔𝒙 + 𝒔 .
Is eqn of parabola
𝑞=𝐾 𝑺.
• Using triangular similarity.(x=b and y=H)
S= √ 2 2
𝑥 + 𝑦 -. x
S= √ 𝑏2 + 𝐻 -2.b
q=K*S
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Phreatic line for homo. Earth dam without filter
• The focus in this case is the lowest point F on d/s slope & base
parabola BJC cutting d/s slope at J.
• But the phreatic line must emerge at some point K. meeting d/s
tangentially.
• So correction ∆a has to be made, B/c the phreatic line can’t go
out side the limit of the dam.
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Cont.…
• Then correction is ∆a depends up on the slope α of the discharge
face and .a
a a
a a
α in degrees a a α in degrees a a
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Zoned earth dam with central core
• As the ratio of the permeability's of the materials of the shell
and core is very large, the effect of the outer shells on the
phreatic line in the core is negligible.
L Directrix
0.3L
A B
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Graphical Construction of flow net
Figure 2‑11:- Flow net for homogenous earth dam having horizontal drain
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SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS
The preliminarily designed sections slope has to be checked.
– Checking against seepage and pore water pressure
– Checking the d/s slope for steady-seepage condition
– Checking u/s slope for sudden drawdown condition
– Checking u/s and d/s slope during construction period.
Three considerations that governs the design of an earth
embankment:
1. side slopes must be stable;
2. Dimensions must be sufficient to control seepage;
3. Base width must be long enough to distribute weight of
dam over sufficient area to prevent overstress in the foundation
Froms of failure are:- toe failure, base failure and slope failure.
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First refer soil mechanics
W=(b*Z)*γ
T=Wsinα
N=Wcosα
UB= u*ΔL
Ma =T*r
Mr =r*( CΔL+σtanφ) A= unit area
= r*( CΔL+(N- Ub)tanφ)
R Fs =Mr/Ma > 1.5
n φ
+ σta
L
N = CΔ
T th
ng
U B stre
W r
h ea
S
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Let us consider the equilibrium of one slice shown hatched, the
following forces act on it;
Self weight, W acting downward.
Cohesive force, C = cΔL along the curved surface, where c is the
unit cohesion and ΔL is length of base strip.
Reaction R at the base of the strip, acting a line inclined at an
angle φ to the normal, where φ is the angle of shearing resistance
of the soil.
The soil reactions ER and EL. ER and EL are equal and opposite.
Force due to pore water pressure UL, UR and UB. UL and UR are
opposite in direction and balanced. UB acts in the normal
direction.
Hence, for analysis using there are only four forces remain; W, C, R
and UB. UB is due to pore water pressure and will be zero, if the
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Let the weight, W be resolved in to normal, N and tangential, T
component.
N =W cos θ and T= W sin θ, where θ is the angle which the
normal makes with the vertical
Resolving all the forces in the normal direction:
N-UB =R cos φ----------- (a)
T-C =R sin φ----------------- (b)
Substituting the value of R from eqn (a) in to (b):
T-C = [(N-UB) /cos φ] sin φ
T-C = (N-UB) tan φ T= (N-UB) tan φ + cΔL
Hence, the tangent component of the force (actuating) is balanced
by the frictional resistance and cohesion resistance (resisting).
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• Thus the factor of safety is given by:
• Fs= (Sum of the resisting moment)/ (sum of the actuating
moment)
• where u, the pore water pressure at the base of the slice and ΔL is
the arc of the slice (b secθ)
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Practical structural failure
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Swedish Circle Method of Slope stability
• In this method the potential failure surface is assumed to be cylindrical. And the factor of safety is considered as a ratio
of avg. shear strength to avg. shear stress
Procedure of this method to test stability.
1. Take a trial slip surface and divide the wedge above the slip surface in
to 8 to 15 vertical slices;
2. Determine the weight of each slice, W=(b*Z*1)*γ, where: b=width of
the slice, Z=middle ordinate of the slice, and γ= unit weight of the soil;
3. Measure the angle θ which the normal makes with the vertical and
compute the normal, N and tangential, T component. N =W cos θ
and T= W sin θ
4. Determine the pore water pressure (u) at the base of the slice from
the flow net and compute the force UB due to pore water pressure.
UB= u*ΔL =u*b secθ
5. Determine the cohesive force, C=c* b secθ
6. Determine the factortan
Fs W for
of safety trail
costhe surface:
slip
ub sec cb sec
W sin
7. Repeat the above procedure for a number of trial surfaces. The trial surface which
gives the minimum factor of safety is the most critical circle. The minimum factor of
safety should be greater than the specified safe value of the soil. 34
Location of the Mohr Critical Circle
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Cont.…
Slope of the face Directional angles
α1 in degrees α2 in degrees
1:1 28 37
1.5:1 26 35
2:1 25 35
3:1 25 35
5:1 25 35
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Stability of downstream slope during steady seepage (reservoir full)
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Recommended criteria
where
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Both the above criteria can be written as:
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Dam Surface Protection
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Bottom out let
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Design of Rock fill dam
• More or less the design and construction of rock fill dams is
almost similar to that of earth dams
• Reading assignment.
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THE END
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