A statistical review of the behaviour of concrete-face rockfill dams based on case histories

L Wen, J Chai, Z Xu, Y Qin, Y Li - Géotechnique, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The concrete-face rockfill dam (CFRD) has become a preferred dam type, but its design
remains largely based on past experiences. Understanding the behaviour of CFRDs is …

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Y **pu concrete face rockfill dam based on a generalized plasticity model
B Xu, D Zou, H Liu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2012 - Elsevier
Concrete face rockfill dams (CFRDs) are becoming a widely used type of rockfill dam in
China. In many cases, the design and construction of CFRDs are based primarily on …

Dynamic damage evaluation on the slabs of the concrete faced rockfill dam with the plastic-damage model

B Xu, D Zou, X Kong, Z Hu, Y Zhou - Computers and Geotechnics, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a plastic-damage model for concrete was coupled with the generalized plastic
model for rockfill materials and applied to the two-dimensional analysis of a concrete faced …

Effects of load duration and stress level on deformation and particle breakage of carbonate sands

Y **ao, Z Yuan, CS Desai, M Zaman, Q Ma… - International Journal …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Time-dependent deformation of crushable soils attributable to particle breakage could
dominate the postconstruction stability of high rockfill dams and pile foundations. The …

Monitoring and numerical analysis of behaviour of Miaojiaba concrete-face rockfill dam built on river gravel foundation in China

L Wen, J Chai, Z Xu, Y Qin, Y Li - Computers and Geotechnics, 2017 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the behaviour of a concrete face rockfill dam (CFRD) built on river
gravel foundation on the basis of in-situ measurement records and numerical analysis. The …

Integration of creep into a modified hardening soil model for time-dependent analysis of a high rockfill dam

P Pramthawee, P Jongpradist, R Sukkarak - Computers and Geotechnics, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an approach to extend a modified hardening soil model into the time-
dependent analysis of high rockfill dams. The key feature of the extended model is the …

Experimental study on cracking damage characteristics of a soil and rock mixture by UPV testing

Y Wang, X Li - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2015 - Springer
This paper investigates the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), mechanical properties and
cracking characteristics of a soil and rock mixture (SRM) with varying rock percentages …

Implementation of a soil-structure interface constitutive model for application in geo-structures

M Saberi, CD Annan, JM Konrad - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, an implementation of an advanced two-surface plasticity interface constitutive
model in a general-purpose finite element code ABAQUS for application in soil-structure …

Meso-damage cracking characteristics analysis for rock and soil aggregate with CT test

Y Wang, X Li, B Zhang, YF Wu - Science China Technological Sciences, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to investigate the damage cracking characteristics of rock and soil
aggregate (RSA) by X-ray computed tomography (CT) under uniaxial compressive loading …