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Erosion in geomechanics applied to dams and levees [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stephane Bonelli
| Erosion in geomechanics applied to dams and levees [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stephane Bonelli |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 627.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BonelliStephane |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Dams
Levees - Protection Sediment transport Soil erosion |
| ISBN |
1-118-57716-7
1-118-57724-8 1-299-47567-1 1-118-57713-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. State of The Art on the Likelihood of Internal Erosion of Dams and Levees by Means of Testing; 1.1. An overview of the internal erosion process as it affects dams and levees; 1.1.1. A description of the overall process; 1.1.2. The four mechanisms of initiation and progression of internal erosion; 1.1.3. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.1.4. Backward erosion; 1.1.5. Contact erosion; 1.1.6. Suffusion; 1.2. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.2.1. Situations where concentrated leaks may occur; 1.2.2. Estimation of crack width and depth of cracking
1.2.3. The mechanics of erosion in concentrated leaks1.2.4. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing concentrated leak erosion; 1.3. Backward erosion piping; 1.3.1. The mechanics of backward erosion piping; 1.3.2. Soils that are subject to backward erosion piping; 1.3.3. Methods available for assessing whether backward erosion piping will initiate and progress; 1.3.4. Some field observations; 1.3.5. Global backward erosion; 1.3.6. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing backward erosion piping and global bac 1.4. Suffusion1.4.1. The mechanics of suffusion; 1.4.2. Methods of identifying soils that are internally unstable and potentially subject to suffusion (geometric criterion); 1.4.3. Hydraulic conditions where soils are internally unstable and potentially subject to suffusion; 1.4.4. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing suffusion; 1.5. Contact erosion; 1.5.1. The mechanics of contact erosion; 1.5.2. Methods available to assess the likelihood of contact erosion 1.5.3. Contact erosion or "scour" at the interface between open joints in rock foundations and the core of dams1.5.4. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing contact erosion; 1.6. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Contact Erosion; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. General presentation; 2.2.1. Typical conditions of occurrence; 2.2.2. Specific nature of CE; 2.3. At sample scale: quantification of the CE threshold and kinetics; 2.3.1. Influence of geometry on the occurrence of CE; 2.3.2. Direct configuration; 2.3.3. Inverse configuration; 2.3.4. Summary 2.4. At pore scale: local hydrodynamics of CE and statistical modeling2.4.1. Experimental characterization of local hydrodynamics; 2.4.2. Integration at macroscopic scale; 2.4.3. Contribution made by the local scale study; 2.5. At hydraulic structure scale: identification of failure scenarios by CE and scale effects; 2.5.1. Reasons for a study at this scale; 2.5.2. Description of the experimental rig and instrumentation; 2.5.3. Test protocol and the results obtained; 2.5.4. Proposed interpretation and description of the erosion process; 2.5.5. Scale effect; 2.5.6. Summary 2.6. Conclusion and outlook |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910138862703321 |
| London, : Wiley, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Erosion in geomechanics applied to dams and levees / / edited by Stephane Bonelli
| Erosion in geomechanics applied to dams and levees / / edited by Stephane Bonelli |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 627.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BonelliStephane |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Dams
Levees - Protection Sediment transport Soil erosion |
| ISBN |
1-118-57716-7
1-118-57724-8 1-299-47567-1 1-118-57713-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. State of The Art on the Likelihood of Internal Erosion of Dams and Levees by Means of Testing; 1.1. An overview of the internal erosion process as it affects dams and levees; 1.1.1. A description of the overall process; 1.1.2. The four mechanisms of initiation and progression of internal erosion; 1.1.3. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.1.4. Backward erosion; 1.1.5. Contact erosion; 1.1.6. Suffusion; 1.2. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.2.1. Situations where concentrated leaks may occur; 1.2.2. Estimation of crack width and depth of cracking
1.2.3. The mechanics of erosion in concentrated leaks1.2.4. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing concentrated leak erosion; 1.3. Backward erosion piping; 1.3.1. The mechanics of backward erosion piping; 1.3.2. Soils that are subject to backward erosion piping; 1.3.3. Methods available for assessing whether backward erosion piping will initiate and progress; 1.3.4. Some field observations; 1.3.5. Global backward erosion; 1.3.6. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing backward erosion piping and global bac 1.4. Suffusion1.4.1. The mechanics of suffusion; 1.4.2. Methods of identifying soils that are internally unstable and potentially subject to suffusion (geometric criterion); 1.4.3. Hydraulic conditions where soils are internally unstable and potentially subject to suffusion; 1.4.4. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing suffusion; 1.5. Contact erosion; 1.5.1. The mechanics of contact erosion; 1.5.2. Methods available to assess the likelihood of contact erosion 1.5.3. Contact erosion or "scour" at the interface between open joints in rock foundations and the core of dams1.5.4. Commentary on the state of the art and the role of laboratory testing in assessing contact erosion; 1.6. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Contact Erosion; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. General presentation; 2.2.1. Typical conditions of occurrence; 2.2.2. Specific nature of CE; 2.3. At sample scale: quantification of the CE threshold and kinetics; 2.3.1. Influence of geometry on the occurrence of CE; 2.3.2. Direct configuration; 2.3.3. Inverse configuration; 2.3.4. Summary 2.4. At pore scale: local hydrodynamics of CE and statistical modeling2.4.1. Experimental characterization of local hydrodynamics; 2.4.2. Integration at macroscopic scale; 2.4.3. Contribution made by the local scale study; 2.5. At hydraulic structure scale: identification of failure scenarios by CE and scale effects; 2.5.1. Reasons for a study at this scale; 2.5.2. Description of the experimental rig and instrumentation; 2.5.3. Test protocol and the results obtained; 2.5.4. Proposed interpretation and description of the erosion process; 2.5.5. Scale effect; 2.5.6. Summary 2.6. Conclusion and outlook |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818814703321 |
| London, : Wiley, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Erosion of geomaterials [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stéphane Bonelli
| Erosion of geomaterials [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stéphane Bonelli |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : ISTE |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina |
627.8
627/.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BonelliStéphane |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Sediment transport
Soil erosion Levees - Protection Dam failures - Prevention |
| ISBN |
1-118-56173-2
1-299-18701-3 1-118-58748-0 1-118-58765-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Erosion of Geomaterials; Title Page; Copryright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Introduction to the Process of Internal Erosion in Hydraulic Structures: Embankment Dams and Dikes; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The significance of internal erosion for hydraulic structures; 1.2.1. The set of hydraulic structures in France; 1.2.2. The vulnerability of hydraulic structures; 1.2.3. Erosion as a leading cause of failure; 1.2.4. Internal erosion: one failure per year in France; 1.3. The impact of incidents on embankment dams and dikes; 1.3.1. Terminology
1.3.2. Initiation areas1.3.3. The importance of design; 1.3.4. Four mechanisms of erosion, classified according to their boundary conditions; 1.3.5. Triggering mechanisms; 1.4. Main results of erosion trials; 1.4.1. Which law of erosion?; 1.4.2. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.4.3. Backward erosion; 1.4.4. Contact erosion; 1.4.5. Suffusion; 1.5. Remarks on the applicability of erosion trials; 1.5.1. Problem of passing on the results from the laboratory to the hydraulic structure; 1.5.2. Scaling effect of outflows in the absence of similarity 1.5.3. Influence of the geostatic structure of the soil on the erosion threshold1.5.4. Initiation of internal erosion in a cohesionless soil; 1.5.5. Erodibility and researching erosion laws; 1.6. Conclusion; 1.7. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Suffusion, Transport and Filtration of Fine Particles in Granular Soil; 2.1. Introduction; 2.1.1. Chapter objectives; 2.1.2. Terminology; 2.2. Dominant parameters that influence suffusion; 2.2.1. Parameters that modify the geometry of the porous medium; 2.2.2. Parameters that modify the physicochemical characteristics of the medium 2.3. Main initiation criteria for suffusion2.3.1. Grain-size distribution criteria; 2.3.2. Confronting granular criteria; 2.3.3. Hydraulic criteria; 2.3.4. Summary and final remarks; 2.4. An initiation criterion formulated using a geohydromechanical approach; 2.4.1. Geometric criterion; 2.4.2. The hydromechanical criterion; 2.4.3. Summary and final remarks; 2.5. The scaling effect and the energetic approach; 2.5.1. Identifying the scaling effect; 2.5.2. Energetic approach; 2.5.3. Summary; 2.6. Coupling the phenomena of suffusion and filtration-clogging; 2.7. Processes causing filtration 2.7.1. Background knowledge2.7.2. Theoretical background; 2.8. Filtration modeling; 2.8.1. Modeling in a continuous medium; 2.8.2. Convection model - dispersion with deposition kinetics; 2.9. Confrontation between the laboratory filtration tests and the modeling; 2.9.1. Validation of the model in the case of suspended particles; 2.9.2. Results and preferential flow; 2.10. Filtration and clogging; 2.10.1. Phenomenological laws; 2.10.2. Physicochemical aspects; 2.10.3. Filtration and clogging; 2.11. Conclusion; 2.12. Bibliography; Chapter 3. The Process of Filtration in Granular Materials 3.1. Introduction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141501903321 |
| London, : ISTE | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Erosion of geomaterials [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stéphane Bonelli
| Erosion of geomaterials [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stéphane Bonelli |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : ISTE |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina |
627.8
627/.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BonelliStéphane |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Sediment transport
Soil erosion Levees - Protection Dam failures - Prevention |
| ISBN |
1-118-56173-2
1-299-18701-3 1-118-58748-0 1-118-58765-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Erosion of Geomaterials; Title Page; Copryright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Introduction to the Process of Internal Erosion in Hydraulic Structures: Embankment Dams and Dikes; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The significance of internal erosion for hydraulic structures; 1.2.1. The set of hydraulic structures in France; 1.2.2. The vulnerability of hydraulic structures; 1.2.3. Erosion as a leading cause of failure; 1.2.4. Internal erosion: one failure per year in France; 1.3. The impact of incidents on embankment dams and dikes; 1.3.1. Terminology
1.3.2. Initiation areas1.3.3. The importance of design; 1.3.4. Four mechanisms of erosion, classified according to their boundary conditions; 1.3.5. Triggering mechanisms; 1.4. Main results of erosion trials; 1.4.1. Which law of erosion?; 1.4.2. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.4.3. Backward erosion; 1.4.4. Contact erosion; 1.4.5. Suffusion; 1.5. Remarks on the applicability of erosion trials; 1.5.1. Problem of passing on the results from the laboratory to the hydraulic structure; 1.5.2. Scaling effect of outflows in the absence of similarity 1.5.3. Influence of the geostatic structure of the soil on the erosion threshold1.5.4. Initiation of internal erosion in a cohesionless soil; 1.5.5. Erodibility and researching erosion laws; 1.6. Conclusion; 1.7. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Suffusion, Transport and Filtration of Fine Particles in Granular Soil; 2.1. Introduction; 2.1.1. Chapter objectives; 2.1.2. Terminology; 2.2. Dominant parameters that influence suffusion; 2.2.1. Parameters that modify the geometry of the porous medium; 2.2.2. Parameters that modify the physicochemical characteristics of the medium 2.3. Main initiation criteria for suffusion2.3.1. Grain-size distribution criteria; 2.3.2. Confronting granular criteria; 2.3.3. Hydraulic criteria; 2.3.4. Summary and final remarks; 2.4. An initiation criterion formulated using a geohydromechanical approach; 2.4.1. Geometric criterion; 2.4.2. The hydromechanical criterion; 2.4.3. Summary and final remarks; 2.5. The scaling effect and the energetic approach; 2.5.1. Identifying the scaling effect; 2.5.2. Energetic approach; 2.5.3. Summary; 2.6. Coupling the phenomena of suffusion and filtration-clogging; 2.7. Processes causing filtration 2.7.1. Background knowledge2.7.2. Theoretical background; 2.8. Filtration modeling; 2.8.1. Modeling in a continuous medium; 2.8.2. Convection model - dispersion with deposition kinetics; 2.9. Confrontation between the laboratory filtration tests and the modeling; 2.9.1. Validation of the model in the case of suspended particles; 2.9.2. Results and preferential flow; 2.10. Filtration and clogging; 2.10.1. Phenomenological laws; 2.10.2. Physicochemical aspects; 2.10.3. Filtration and clogging; 2.11. Conclusion; 2.12. Bibliography; Chapter 3. The Process of Filtration in Granular Materials 3.1. Introduction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830548003321 |
| London, : ISTE | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Erosion of geomaterials / / edited by Stephane Bonelli
| Erosion of geomaterials / / edited by Stephane Bonelli |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : ISTE |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 627/.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BonelliStephane |
| Collana | ISTE |
| Soggetto topico |
Sediment transport
Soil erosion Levees - Protection Dam failures - Prevention |
| ISBN |
1-118-56173-2
1-299-18701-3 1-118-58748-0 1-118-58765-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Erosion of Geomaterials; Title Page; Copryright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Introduction to the Process of Internal Erosion in Hydraulic Structures: Embankment Dams and Dikes; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The significance of internal erosion for hydraulic structures; 1.2.1. The set of hydraulic structures in France; 1.2.2. The vulnerability of hydraulic structures; 1.2.3. Erosion as a leading cause of failure; 1.2.4. Internal erosion: one failure per year in France; 1.3. The impact of incidents on embankment dams and dikes; 1.3.1. Terminology
1.3.2. Initiation areas1.3.3. The importance of design; 1.3.4. Four mechanisms of erosion, classified according to their boundary conditions; 1.3.5. Triggering mechanisms; 1.4. Main results of erosion trials; 1.4.1. Which law of erosion?; 1.4.2. Concentrated leak erosion; 1.4.3. Backward erosion; 1.4.4. Contact erosion; 1.4.5. Suffusion; 1.5. Remarks on the applicability of erosion trials; 1.5.1. Problem of passing on the results from the laboratory to the hydraulic structure; 1.5.2. Scaling effect of outflows in the absence of similarity 1.5.3. Influence of the geostatic structure of the soil on the erosion threshold1.5.4. Initiation of internal erosion in a cohesionless soil; 1.5.5. Erodibility and researching erosion laws; 1.6. Conclusion; 1.7. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Suffusion, Transport and Filtration of Fine Particles in Granular Soil; 2.1. Introduction; 2.1.1. Chapter objectives; 2.1.2. Terminology; 2.2. Dominant parameters that influence suffusion; 2.2.1. Parameters that modify the geometry of the porous medium; 2.2.2. Parameters that modify the physicochemical characteristics of the medium 2.3. Main initiation criteria for suffusion2.3.1. Grain-size distribution criteria; 2.3.2. Confronting granular criteria; 2.3.3. Hydraulic criteria; 2.3.4. Summary and final remarks; 2.4. An initiation criterion formulated using a geohydromechanical approach; 2.4.1. Geometric criterion; 2.4.2. The hydromechanical criterion; 2.4.3. Summary and final remarks; 2.5. The scaling effect and the energetic approach; 2.5.1. Identifying the scaling effect; 2.5.2. Energetic approach; 2.5.3. Summary; 2.6. Coupling the phenomena of suffusion and filtration-clogging; 2.7. Processes causing filtration 2.7.1. Background knowledge2.7.2. Theoretical background; 2.8. Filtration modeling; 2.8.1. Modeling in a continuous medium; 2.8.2. Convection model - dispersion with deposition kinetics; 2.9. Confrontation between the laboratory filtration tests and the modeling; 2.9.1. Validation of the model in the case of suspended particles; 2.9.2. Results and preferential flow; 2.10. Filtration and clogging; 2.10.1. Phenomenological laws; 2.10.2. Physicochemical aspects; 2.10.3. Filtration and clogging; 2.11. Conclusion; 2.12. Bibliography; Chapter 3. The Process of Filtration in Granular Materials 3.1. Introduction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877489703321 |
| London, : ISTE | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Soggetto topico
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Levees - Protection
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- Sediment transport (5)
- Soil erosion (5)
- Dam failures - Prevention (3)
- Dams (2)