Abstract This article reviews the numerical approach in stone column practices and presents benefits of columns as a ground improvement soft soil to support an embankment dam. In this article, methodological approaches numerically modeling both 2D 3D studies, well selection appropriate constitutive model are discussed. The for installation validation procedures used ensure accuracy analysis als...

Abstract Today, statistics show that most of the accidents leading to dam failures occur in case embankment dams and, therefore, authors have chosen analyse state safety operation Buftea Dam Romania. The need for such analysis is sustained by fact has an important role flood protection on Colentina River, which flows through a number localities vicinity capital city Romania, Bucharest (Buftea a...

This study investigated the potential influence of operating water levels and loading conditions on slope stability an embankment dam. Four different reservoir (normal, reduced, height, overflow) were considered in study. Numerical modeling was used to investigate problem case Chardara dam within Syrdarya catchment Kazakhstan. Based drawdown rates conditions, minimum factor safety values rangin...

Observations of bridge abutment scour lead to a practical new approach for estimating realistic scour IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering depths at bridge abutments. Prior design approaches usually led to unrealistically deep estimates of abutment scour depth. The observations presented stem from flume experiments conducted with abutments with approach embankments subject to a range of erodibilit...

Dams are very important in Ghanas economic development and environmental improvement. Although Ghana dams seismically far from the active zone, accurately analysed should be evaluated since failure could severely impact people flood environment regions economy on a large scale. This paper proposes numerical procedure for static, slope stability, dynamic analysis of Akosombo embankment dam. Nine...