The widespread availability of soft rocks and their increasing use as cheap rockfill material is adding more to geotechnical hazards because time-dependent granular decomposition causes significant damage to their mechanical properties. An experimental study was conducted through monotonic torsional shear tests on crushed soft rocks under fully saturated and dry conditions and compared with ana...

The high-shear colloidal mixer is generally recognised as the most efficient method of mixing cement based grouts. Only recently however has this technology been applied to the production of cemented rockfill (CRF) for use in underground mines in North America. Traditionally, paddle type mixers have been used to produce the cement based slurries required for the preparation of CRF. While consid...

For the safe and economical construction of embankment dams, mechanical behaviour rockfill materials used in dam’s shell must be analyzed. The characterization with specified shear strength is difficult expensive due to presence particles greater than 500 mm diameter. This work investigates feasibility using an extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) computing paradigm estimate materials. To train ...

this paper studies thoroughly and deeply the results of about one hundred triaxial compression tests on thirty types of rockfill materials. the materials are categorized in accordance with their particles shape (angular / rounded) and gradation characteristics. the main tool of the study is the hyperbolic model developed by duncan and chang. the focus of the study is on the variations of deform...

The western region of China is rich in hydropower resources and characterized by unique geological conditions. For the construction or planned high dams this region, different types cover layers are formed due to special structures, most which located seismic intensity zones. This study focuses on four site conditions: hard ground, medium–hard medium–soft weak ground. By simulating dynamic resp...

After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the Zipingpu concrete faced rockfill dam (CFRD) was found slabs dislocation between different stages slabs and the maximum value reached 17 cm. This is a new damage pattern and did not occur in previous seismic damage investigation. Slabs dislocation will affect the seepage control system of the CFRD gravely and even the safety of the dam. Therefore, inves...