Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in soil and rock fill embankment dams. Here is what is discussed; 1. APPURTENANCES AND CONSTRUCTION 2. EMBANKMENT MATERIALS 3. EMBANKMENT DESIGN 4. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 5. CONSTRUCTION CONTROL 6. CUTOFF WALLS.

This book provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The book provides dam engineers and geologists with a practical approach, and gives university students an insight into the subject of dam engineering. All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered, through to the preliminary and detailed design phases and ultimately the construction phase. This revised and expanded 2nd edition includes a lengthy new chapter on the assessment of the likelihood of failure of dams by internal erosion and piping.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in seepage at earth and rockfill embankment dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. SEEPAGE CONTROL MEASURES 3. SEEPAGE REDUCTION MEASURES 4. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY MEASURES 5. SEEPAGE MONITORING

Besides giving an historical introduction to embankment dams the book describes the need for instrumentation, planning procurement and installation practices of instruments. The significance of visual inspection and techniques, of monitoring various parameters, seepage, pore pressure, surface and internal displacements, earth pressures and seismic behaviour, through instrumentation has been described. Collection and processing of data and their use for back analysis to check stability of a dam at various stages of construction and reservoir filling have been suggested. In addition to case histories quoted in various chapters, an exclusive chapter on select case histories has been added which describes the conventional and latest instruments that are being used and methods adopted for installation, monitoring and analyses of data.