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Utilisation of Data Derived from Large-Scale Experiments and Study of Natural Blockages for Blast-Fill Dam Design

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Natural and Artificial Rockslide Dams

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Blast-fill and, especially, blast-rockslide technology allows construction of large dams with high safety factor and at the acceptable cost at those sites, which geological and seismological conditions complicate or even prevent construction of dams of other types. Large-scale field experiments and study of natural dams of the same size as the designed structures have been carried out to obtain reliable information about the processes that take place during large amount of blasted rock emplacement. Grain-size composition, density and filtration characteristics evolution of the experimental Burlykia dams’ body, and topographic and geological conditions of dam sites preferable for such dams construction are described. Besides, types of across- and along-valley distribution of rock avalanche debris, which, in turn, determines dams’ height and shape, are identified and factors determining either morphological type are proposed. Such critical parameters as dams’ permeability and erosion resistance in case of overtopping depends on blockages’ dual-zone internal structure with wide core composed of shattered debris and coarse carapace. High seismic stability of natural blockages exemplified by numerous case studies shows that large blast-rockslide dams could be considered as one of the most earthquake-proof type of water retaining structures.

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  1. LLC Hydrospecproject, 10917, Moscow, Russia

    V.F. Korchevskiy & A.V. Kolichko

  2. Institute of Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A.L. Strom

  3. Institute of Geospheres Dynamics, Moscow, Russia

    L.M. Pernik

  4. Institute of Seismology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    K.E. Abdrakhmatov

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  1. Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Landslide Research Program, University of Waterloo, University Avenue W. 200, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Ontario, Canada

    Stephen G. Evans

  2. Dept. Geophysics, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, 7491, Norway

    Reginald L. Hermanns

  3. Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Avenue 38, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation

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    Gabriele Scarascia-Mugnozza

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Korchevskiy, V., Kolichko, A., Strom, A., Pernik, L., Abdrakhmatov, K. (2011). Utilisation of Data Derived from Large-Scale Experiments and Study of Natural Blockages for Blast-Fill Dam Design. In: Evans, S., Hermanns, R., Strom, A., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G. (eds) Natural and Artificial Rockslide Dams. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 133. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04764-0_26

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