Berm Design
Berm Design
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We want to make a 1 m high berm near a ditch to prevent the potential floods entering our camp side. They have suggested a berm that has 1 m width at crown and 4 m width at the base.
I guess one of the tasks is to check the slope stability (which is unlikely to fail. What other design parameters and procedures should we use for the berm.
I guess one of the tasks is to check the slope stability (which is unlikely to fail. What other design parameters and procedures should we use for the berm.





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Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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"...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail." - Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928
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you are suggesting 1.5H:1V side slopes which is very steep. slope stability will be a problem at this steep slope. 2.5H or 3H:1V is generally recommended as a minimum stable slope for most levees and channels. Unless you have a long period of flow or ponding water or the flooding risk is very high, then importing and building a clay core is probably overkill.
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