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As may be noted from a review of the selected list of 20 references at the end of this chapter, further emphasized by the many references identified in each paper of that group, there is an imposing volume of information available to the profession on the performance of rockfill in rockfill dams. Sherard,1 Sherard et al.2 Wilson,3 and Wilson and Squier11 have documented in detail the performance of many rockfill dams, focusing on deformations actually measured. Those deformations basically relate to vertical settlement and horizontal translation of internal and external reference points. The effects of the deformations on the performance of the seepage control measures within the dams are also discussed and evaluated, and, where damage has resulted to the extent of causing unacceptable and/or dangerous leakage, the nature of the damage and the remedial measures undertaken are described.
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Leps, T.M. (1988). Rockfill Dam Performance and Remedial Measures. In: Jansen, R.B. (eds) Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0857-7_14
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