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Understanding Earthen Dam Design

This document provides an assignment on analyzing embankment dams. It includes questions about earthen dam types, pore water pressure, slope stability analysis, parameters that affect design like moisture content and material strength properties, seepage analysis using equipotential and stream lines, drainage structures, and consolidation of earth fill dams. It also provides two analysis problems - one to check for slope stability under sudden drawdown and foundation stability, and another to calculate the factor of safety of a dam slope under steady seepage conditions using slip circle analysis.

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Understanding Earthen Dam Design

This document provides an assignment on analyzing embankment dams. It includes questions about earthen dam types, pore water pressure, slope stability analysis, parameters that affect design like moisture content and material strength properties, seepage analysis using equipotential and stream lines, drainage structures, and consolidation of earth fill dams. It also provides two analysis problems - one to check for slope stability under sudden drawdown and foundation stability, and another to calculate the factor of safety of a dam slope under steady seepage conditions using slip circle analysis.

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  • Part I - Initial Dam Considerations
  • Part II - Physical Properties and Materials

Embankment Dam HE 2013

Assignment on embankment dam for PG Program

Part I

1.
a. What are earthen dams and under what circumstance are they preferred?
b. Enumerate the different types of earthen dams and draw net sketches showing each
type
2.
a. What is meant by pore water pressure and what is its significance in the design of
earthen dams?
b. What are rock fill dams and what are their advantages over earthen dams?
c. What are the precautions that would be taken while constructing an earthen dam?
d. What are the causes of failure of earth dam?
3. Explain briefly how the slope stability of earthen dam are checked by the slip circle method
4. Explain how the following parameters affect design of an earth dam
a. Optimum moisture content
b. C and Φ value of the soil
c. Sudden draw down of the reservoir
5.
a. Explain the meaning and importance of equipotential lines and stream line in
connection with seepage analysis of earthen dams.
b. Derive an expression for calculating the seepage discharge through earthen dam body
made of isotropic soils and what correction factor is required to be multiplied with this
expression when the soil is anisotropic?
6. Write a short note on three of the flowing
a. Chimney drain
b. Internal drain
c. Relief wells
d. Consolidation of earth fill dam
e. Slope protection in an earthen dam

Part II

1. An earthen dam made of homogeneous material has the following data:


a. Hydraulic data
i. Level of top of the dam 210m
ii. Level of deepest river bed 192m
iii. HFL of reservoir 208m
iv. Width of top of the dam 10m
v. Upstream slope 3:1
vi. Downstream slope 2.5:1

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vii. Length of horizontal filter from d/s toe inwards 16m
b. Properties of the material of the dam
i. Dry density 18KN/m3
ii. Saturation density 21KN/m3
iii. Average angle of friction 300
iv. Average cohesion 16KN/m2
c. The foundation soil consists of 4m thick layer of soil having the following properties:
i. Average unit weight 17kN/m3
ii. Average cohesion 54kn/m3

Average angle of internal friction 70 check the dam section for the following :

a. Sloughing of u/s slope during sudden drawdown


b. Stability of foundation against shear
2. In order to determine the factor of safety of the d/s slope during steady seepage, the section of
a homogeneous earth dam was to scale 1 cm = 10m; and the following results were obtained on
a trial slip circle.
i. Area of N diagram 12.15 cm2
ii. Area of t diagram 6.50cm2
iii. Area of u diagram 4.02cm2 length of arc 11.60cm,

The dam material properties

Unit of cohesion 19.62 kN/m2


Unit weight of soil 19.62kN/m3
Effective angle of internal friction 26o
Determine the factor of safety of the slope

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Embankment Dam HE 2013 Assignment on embankment dam for PG Program Part I 1. a. What are earthen dams and under what circumst
Embankment Dam HE 2013 vii. Length of horizontal filter from d/s toe inwards 16m b. Properties of the material of the dam i.

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