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http://dx.doi.org/10.7744/cnujas.2012.39.1.097

Safety evaluation of agricultural reservoir embankment according to backside extension  

Lee, Dal-Won (Dept. of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Noh, Jae-Jin (Dept. of Agricutural Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural Science / v.39, no.1, 2012 , pp. 97-110 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out for safety evaluation, the practical application and improvement of design method of the agricultural reservoir embankment according to backside extension. Seepage analysis, slope stability analysis and finite element analysis were performed for steady state and transient conditions. Also, the pore water pressure, seepage quantity, safety factor and stress-strain behavior according to high water level and rapid drawdown were compared and analyzed. The pore water pressure at contact region between backside extension and old embankment was kept high after rapid drawdown. Therefore, backside extension is recommended that design method is required to be improved and reinforced more than the others raising embankment. The hydraulic gradients before and after backside extension showed high value at the base of the core, but they showed stable state at the upstream slope and downstream slope. The seepage quantity per 1 day and the leakage per 100 m for the steady state and transient conditions appeared to be safe against the piping. The safety factor of slope stability showed high at the steady state, and transient conditions did not show differences depending on the rapid drawdown. The safety factor was appeared high at the upstream slope before backside extension and downstream slope after extension. The excess pore water pressure for steady state and transient conditions showed negative(-) at the upstream slope, it was small at the downstream slope. The mean effective stress (p') showed high at the base of the core and to be wild distribution after the extension. The displacement after extension showed 0.02-0.06 m in the upstream slope, the maximum shear strain after extension was smaller than that before extension.
Keywords
Agricultural reservoir; Backside extension; Seepage analysis; Slope stability; Finite element analysis;
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