Design Flood Impacts on Evaluating Dam Failure Mechanisms

Abt, Steven R.; Wittler, R. J.; Ruff, James F.

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“…In the late 1980s, The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation further developed the concept of the Soviet style wedge block by refining the block geometry, performing scaled laboratory tests, and testing the block in prototype overtopping situations as discussed by Frizell and Ruff (1993) and Abt et al (1996). The refined wedge block has evolved to be an effective form of erosion protection for spillway and other overtopping situations.…”

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DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE IN CONCRETE REVETMENT PRODUCTS FOR BANK STABILIZATION¹

Leech¹,

Abt²,

Thornton³

et al. 1999

J American Water Resour Assoc

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There is a need to provide flood protection while maintaining stable bed and bank conditions in the riverine system, to stabilize earth embankment dams and spiliways, and to stabilize highway or railway embankments and levee systems. One approach to providing erosion protection and stabilization of channel banks, embankments and spill conveyances is with articulated concrete block systems. Numerous articulated concrete block systems are available for bank stabilization. However, prior to field installations few means are available to evaluate how well these block systems perform. To assist the designer in predicting site specific suitability, a series of hydraulic testing protocols have been developed to analyze block system performance. Two articulated block system testing protocols are presented to indicate how block hydraulic characteristics may be determined and provide performance assurance to both the designer and the owner. (KEY TERMS: hydraulics; erosion protection; revetment assessment; test protocol; bank protection; concrete block systems.)

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%