This paper introduces thirteen kinds of typical excavation failures widely encountered in
practice in China along with corresponding failure mechanisms and damages to adjacent …

The back analysis of the dam breaching process based on reported failure case data is of
great significance for understanding dam breaching mechanisms and the ability to predict …

Longitudinal erosion is the main mechanism of the overtopping breaching of dams. Although
this type of erosion has been studied by conducting flume model tests, there are no …

Overtopping is one of the main reasons for the breaching of concrete-face sand-gravel dams
(CFSGDs). In this study, a refined mathematical model was established based on the …

A simplified physically-based model was developed to simulate the breaching process of the
Gouhou concrete-faced rockfill dam (CFRD), which is the only breach case of a high CFRD …

A concrete-faced sand-gravel dam (CFSGD) is likely to experience a dam breaching
accident once there is leakage through the concrete face slab joints or overtopping of the …

The concrete–soil interface between earth-fill dam and trans-dam culvert has always been
susceptible to seepage. The dam will break once the failure conditions are reached. To …

Based on field investigations and model tests on Gouhou concrete-face sand-gravel dam
(CFSGD) breach case, a simplified numerical model for CFSGD breach was developed. The …

With the long-term operation of the project, the material parameters of concrete-facing sand–
gravel dam will change, which brings great difficulty to the scientific and effective stress and …

Leakage dissolution and the induced internal erosion failures in earth-fill dams and
foundations significantly threaten the long-term operational safety of geotechnical structures …