A behavior of the seepage flow through a uniform earth-fill dam constructed on a limited-depth permeable foundation and provided with a cut-off wall has been studied, and effective counter-seepage arrangements within the dam foundation were developed. The studies were conducted by using an electro-hydrodynamic analogy (EHDA) method for various cut-off wall design schemes, including impervious diaphragms, inverted filters, etc. Based on the obtained experimental data, advantages and disadvantages of various counter-seepage schemes were established, and engineering recommendations were developed to increase the seepage safety and performance reliability of earth-fill dams with cut-off walls formed on permeable foundations.
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 1, January 2020, pp. 35 – 42.
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Bestuzheva, A.S., Anakhaev, K.K. Seepage Through a Homogeneous Earth-Fill Dam with a Cut-Off Wall on a Permeable Foundation. Power Technol Eng 54, 147–153 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-020-01182-2
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