construction of asphaltic core dams is a relatively novel method especially in iran. iran is located in a region with high seismicity risk. therefore, many researchers have focused on the behavior of such types of dams under earthquake loading. in this research, the behavior of asphaltic core rockfill dams (acrd) has been studied under earthquake loading using nonlinear dynamic analysis method ...

The history of backfilling underground mined-out voids dates back to the beginning mining several centuries ago using rockfill. Currently, there are three major types backfill: rock, hydraulic, and paste fill. When backfill is required be exposed from beside or underneath, cement binder added. Cemented hydraulic fill most commonly used as it has existed for over 80 years. In early 1960s, a seri...

Dam failures are examples of man-made disasters that have stimulated investigation into the processes related to failure different dam types. Embankment breaching during an overtopping event is one major modes for this type, comprising both earthfill and rockfill dams. This paper presents results a series laboratory tests on breach initiation progression in Especially eight 1 m-high 1:10 scale ...

In the present study, tried to examine the reactive solute relationships for transport and degradation processes through the rockfill media. By applying the analytical solution of reactive transport, the 1st to 3rd theoretical temporal moments have been extracted then, by using two methods of curve fitting and temporal moment matching, the coefficients of dispersion and degradation have been ex...

Detention rockfill dams are accounted as economically efficient structures for flood control, river bed and banks protection, flow diversion, etc. As the hydraulic behavior of these structures, when are used for flood control, is affected by the depth of water in their porous media, there is interests to predict water surface profile through the body of these structures. In this research, we de...

The configuration and safety factor of rockfill dams design depend on materials used in construction the dam. In some regions, available for using as impermeable element dam body are dispersive it is inevitable to consider dispersivity material construction. Internal erosion through cracks or other openings embankment most concern soils. authors have designed an by soil East Africa after finali...