Today's increasing demand for energy and natural resources requires safe and reliable
infrastructure. This includes hydraulic earth structures like dikes, levees, or dams. Such …

Dispersive soils are highly susceptible to erosion, particularly when they are used as a base
soil for the core of an earth dam. To prevent migration of the core material, the required filter …

The core of an earth dam is normally made of clayey base soils and protected by a sandy
filter. Designing the filter can be very challenging considering the various criteria established …

The commonly accepted criteria available for a critical filter design are considered
independent from soil erodibility and make no reference to soil erosion properties. This …

Contact erosion failure beneath the pavement layer is frequently under-estimated. The risk
of contact erosion failure is high at the interface of pavement embankment constructed on …

A filter is designed to protect the core of an earth dam from erosion. Almost all traditional
filter design criteria and the state-of-the-art filter design criteria have been made available …

Erosion-induced pi** is the primary cause of failure in embankment dams' bodies and
foundations. The filter is a principal part of an earth dam, owing to the crucial role of this …

Le processus d'érosion interne dans un barrage en remblai avec des filtres granulaires peut
être divisé en cinq étapes:(i) la formation de la fissure à travers le noyau,(ii) l'érosion des …

This treatment reviews case histories of a handful of embankment dams recently completed
or under construction in Iran. Special attention is devoted to characteristics of core materials …

In humid and rainy climates, many embankment dams are constructed with core materials,
possessing moisture in excess of optimum compaction water content. Since internal erosion …