The crack resistance of face slab concretes to various shrinkages is crucial for the structural integrity and normal operation concrete-faced rockfill dams (CFRDs). In this work, effects fly ash with four dosages (i.e., 10%, 20%, 30% 40%) on drying shrinkage, autogenous shrinkage cracking concrete were studied. Besides, difference in behavior due addition was revealed from viewpoint pore struct...

The equations of fluids in porous media are very useful in designing the rockfill and diversion dams, gabions, breakwaters and ground water reserves. Researches have been showed that the Forchheimer equation is not sufficient for the analysis of hydraulic behavior of free-surface radial flows; because, in these flows, in addition to the hydraulic gradient and velocity, the variable of radius is...

Abstract The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to reinforce cemented rockfill is attracting considerable interest due the remarkable improvement in performance and extremely low dose added nanomaterial. To reveal enhancement mechanism CNTs on rockfill, acoustic emission (AE) characteristics specimens during Brazilian split test were investigated. results demonstrated that improved tensile strength...