Thanks for the input guys. The soil between the competent rock (mostly high TCR and RQD Breccia and Meta-Siltstone) and the existing ground elevation consists of relatively low blow count alluvium material (mostly low permeability clay material) that cannot support a dam. A grout curtain or...
I am working on a conceptual design for a reservoir dam. The dam will be roughly 1600 meters long and consists of a gated spillway, an RCC section designed for auxiliary overtopping (roughly 460m long), and an earth embankment section (835m) strictly to contain water and not designed to be...
