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Technical Note: Stability of a Levee Made of Bottom Sediments From a Dam Reservoir Cover

Technical Note: Stability of a Levee Made of Bottom Sediments From a Dam Reservoir

Open Access
|Feb 2015

Abstract

Stability analysis of a levee made of the bottom sediments from Czorsztyn-Niedzica Reservoir is presented in the paper. These sediments were classified as silty sands and, based on the authors' own research, their geotechnical parameters were beneficial, so the possibility of using this material for the hydraulic embankments was considered. Stability and filtration calculations were carried out for a levee that had the same top width - 3 m, slope inclinations 1:2 and different heights: 4, 6 and 8 m. Two methods were used: analytical and numerical. Calculations were carried out without and with a steady and unsteady seepage filtration. Based on the analysis carried out it was stated that the levee made of the bottom sediments is stable even at the height of 8.0 m, although because of the seepage on the downstream side it is recommended to use a drainage at the toe of the slope.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2014-0037 | Journal eISSN: 2083-831X | Journal ISSN: 0137-6365
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 70
Published on: Feb 28, 2015
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2015 Karolina Koś, Eugeniusz Zawisza, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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