On the Outflow Boundary Opening Size for Internal Erosion Testing of Widely Graded Sand and Gravel

G Vinoth, RJ Fannin - Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Permeameter testing of a widely graded soil to evaluate its potential for internal instability
requires the opening size of the outflow boundary to allow unstable finer fraction particles to …

Scalp-and-Replacement of Oversize Particles: Laboratory Permeameter Testing

G Vinoth, RJ Fannin - Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A reanalysis is made of 24 rigid-wall permeameter tests on eight widely-graded sand-gravel
mixtures, using empirical methods that post-date the original study by Jones in 1955. The …

[PDF][PDF] Internal Erosion of Zoned Earthfill Dams and Their Foundations: Commentary on the State-of-Practice

M Li, P Authority - members.cgs.ca
ABSTRACT The WAC Bennett Dam is one of the largest earthfill dams in North America, and
one of the most instrumented and studied dams in the world. Following the 1996 sinkhole …

[PDF][PDF] EWG-3 Assessment of Internal Erosion of Zoned Embankment Dams with Widely Graded Materials L. Yan; M. Li; C. Anderlini

BC Hydro - Book of Abstracts, 2019 - civil-ie.sites.olt.ubc.ca
After discovery and remediation of sinkholes in one of its large embankment dams, BC
Hydro, like many other major dam owners, continues to face the challenges of assessing …