The variability of textural and compaction properties of coarse grained materials of fluvial origin employed in the construction of 8 earth dams in Italy are discussed on the basis of the results of placement control tests. The shear strength of these materials is investigated by means of a broad laboratory investigation; a correlation between friction angle and the porosity is established. The influence of the variability of materials properties on the stability of an earth dam is analyzed by means of a probabilistic approach.
INFLUENCE OF THE VARIABILITY OF COARSE GRAINED MATERIALS PROPERTIES ON THE STABILITY OF EARTH DAMS / Evangelista, Aldo; Pellegrino, A.; Viggiani, C.. - STAMPA. - (1975), pp. 71-87. (Intervento presentato al convegno II International Conference on Applications of statistics and probability to soil and structural engineering tenutosi a Aachen nel 1975).
INFLUENCE OF THE VARIABILITY OF COARSE GRAINED MATERIALS PROPERTIES ON THE STABILITY OF EARTH DAMS.
EVANGELISTA, ALDO;
1975
Abstract
The variability of textural and compaction properties of coarse grained materials of fluvial origin employed in the construction of 8 earth dams in Italy are discussed on the basis of the results of placement control tests. The shear strength of these materials is investigated by means of a broad laboratory investigation; a correlation between friction angle and the porosity is established. The influence of the variability of materials properties on the stability of an earth dam is analyzed by means of a probabilistic approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
