The study on developing the reasonable safety monitoring indexes plays a most importantly role in the health monitoring of high core rockfill dams. However, researches on this topic are relatively scarce both at home ...The study on developing the reasonable safety monitoring indexes plays a most importantly role in the health monitoring of high core rockfill dams. However, researches on this topic are relatively scarce both at home and abroad. In this paper, the characteristics and failure modes of seepage in high core rockfill dam are analyzed firstly. Then, a safety monitoring index based on seepage quantity, which reflects the overall seepage behavior, is developed, using the real-time monitoring data and its safety monitoring model. Moreover, another safety monitoring index based on seepage gradient, reflecting the local seepage behavior, is proposed, combining the spatial layout of osmo- meters and local failure mechanisms of core wall. Additionally, one more safety monitoring index based on permeability coefficient, which considers the overall and local seepage behaviors, is developed, on the basis of establishing the finite element analysis model and real-time seepage coefficient inversion analysis model of high core rockfill dam. A case study on these indexes of Nuozhadu high core rockfill dam is developed, which improves the reliability of seepage safety evaluation of the dam.展开更多
The use of clay-gravel mixtures(i.e.,adding excavated or natural gravel particles into clay soil matrix)as the main filling materials is increasing in the anti-seepage system of high Earth Core Rockfill Dams(ECRDs).Wi...The use of clay-gravel mixtures(i.e.,adding excavated or natural gravel particles into clay soil matrix)as the main filling materials is increasing in the anti-seepage system of high Earth Core Rockfill Dams(ECRDs).With the continuous construction of high ECRDs in the Chinese plateaus and cold regions,it is of great urgency and importance to understand the physical and mechanical characteristics of compacted clay-gravel mixtures under freeze-thaw action.To this end,laboratory freezing-thawing tests,computed tomography(CT),and triaxial compression tests were conducted to evaluate the effects of freezethaw cycles on moisture loss,pore structure characteristics,stress-strain behavior,failure strength,elastic modulus,cohesion,and internal friction angle of compacted clay-gravel mixtures.The results demonstrate that,1)the freeze-thaw cycle significantly changed the mechanical characteristics of the clay-gravel mixture samples,but the shape of the stress-strain curve is less sensitive to it.2)The failure strength of samples exhibits a significant decrease after the first freeze-thaw cycle,but shows a certain increase as the number of freeze-thaw cycles increases from 1 to 2.3)The elastic modulus of samples first decreases and then increases with increasing freeze-thaw cycle,and the most severe deterioration was observed after the first freeze-thaw cycle.4)Regardless of the number of freeze-thaw cycles,there is a linear relationship between failure strength and elastic modulus for a sample that has suffered freeze-thaw weathering.5)The cohesion of samples decreases firstly and then slightly increases with increasing freeze-thaw cycles,while the internal friction angle is hardly affected.展开更多
The joint of clay core-wall and concrete cut-off wall is one of the weakest parts in high earth and rockfill dams.A kind of highly plastic clay is always fixed on the joint to fit the large shear deformation between c...The joint of clay core-wall and concrete cut-off wall is one of the weakest parts in high earth and rockfill dams.A kind of highly plastic clay is always fixed on the joint to fit the large shear deformation between clay core-wall and concrete cut-off wall,so the hydro-mechanical coupling mechanisms on the joint under high stress,high hydraulic gradient,and large shear deformation are of great importance for the evaluation of dam safety.The hydro-mechanical coupling characteristics of the joint of the highly plastic clay and the concrete cut-off wall in a high earth and rockfill dam in China were studied by using a newly designed soil-structure contact erosion apparatus.The experimental results indicate that:1)Shear failure on the joint is due to the hydro-mechanical coupling effect of stress and seepage failure.The seepage failure will induce the final shear failure when the ratio of deviatoric stress to confining pressure is within 1.0 1.2;2)A negative exponential permeability empirical model for the joint denoted by a newly defined principal stress function,which considers the coupling effect of confining pressure and axial pressure on the permeability,is established based on hydro-mechanical coupling experiments.3)The variation of the settlement before and after seepage failure is very different.The settlement before seepage failure changes very slowly,while it increases significantly after the seepage failure.4)The stress strain relationship is of a strain softening type.5)Flow along the joint still follows Darcian flow rule.The results will provide an important theoretical basis for the further evaluation on the safety of the high earth and rockfill dam.展开更多
文摘The study on developing the reasonable safety monitoring indexes plays a most importantly role in the health monitoring of high core rockfill dams. However, researches on this topic are relatively scarce both at home and abroad. In this paper, the characteristics and failure modes of seepage in high core rockfill dam are analyzed firstly. Then, a safety monitoring index based on seepage quantity, which reflects the overall seepage behavior, is developed, using the real-time monitoring data and its safety monitoring model. Moreover, another safety monitoring index based on seepage gradient, reflecting the local seepage behavior, is proposed, combining the spatial layout of osmo- meters and local failure mechanisms of core wall. Additionally, one more safety monitoring index based on permeability coefficient, which considers the overall and local seepage behaviors, is developed, on the basis of establishing the finite element analysis model and real-time seepage coefficient inversion analysis model of high core rockfill dam. A case study on these indexes of Nuozhadu high core rockfill dam is developed, which improves the reliability of seepage safety evaluation of the dam.
基金funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(B220203029)the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(KYCX21_0511)+1 种基金the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of Construction and Safety of Water Engineering of the Ministry of Water Resources,China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research(IWHR-ENGI-202006)partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52109123,51979091)。
文摘The use of clay-gravel mixtures(i.e.,adding excavated or natural gravel particles into clay soil matrix)as the main filling materials is increasing in the anti-seepage system of high Earth Core Rockfill Dams(ECRDs).With the continuous construction of high ECRDs in the Chinese plateaus and cold regions,it is of great urgency and importance to understand the physical and mechanical characteristics of compacted clay-gravel mixtures under freeze-thaw action.To this end,laboratory freezing-thawing tests,computed tomography(CT),and triaxial compression tests were conducted to evaluate the effects of freezethaw cycles on moisture loss,pore structure characteristics,stress-strain behavior,failure strength,elastic modulus,cohesion,and internal friction angle of compacted clay-gravel mixtures.The results demonstrate that,1)the freeze-thaw cycle significantly changed the mechanical characteristics of the clay-gravel mixture samples,but the shape of the stress-strain curve is less sensitive to it.2)The failure strength of samples exhibits a significant decrease after the first freeze-thaw cycle,but shows a certain increase as the number of freeze-thaw cycles increases from 1 to 2.3)The elastic modulus of samples first decreases and then increases with increasing freeze-thaw cycle,and the most severe deterioration was observed after the first freeze-thaw cycle.4)Regardless of the number of freeze-thaw cycles,there is a linear relationship between failure strength and elastic modulus for a sample that has suffered freeze-thaw weathering.5)The cohesion of samples decreases firstly and then slightly increases with increasing freeze-thaw cycles,while the internal friction angle is hardly affected.
基金Projects(51009053,51079039)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(20100094120004)supported by the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China
文摘The joint of clay core-wall and concrete cut-off wall is one of the weakest parts in high earth and rockfill dams.A kind of highly plastic clay is always fixed on the joint to fit the large shear deformation between clay core-wall and concrete cut-off wall,so the hydro-mechanical coupling mechanisms on the joint under high stress,high hydraulic gradient,and large shear deformation are of great importance for the evaluation of dam safety.The hydro-mechanical coupling characteristics of the joint of the highly plastic clay and the concrete cut-off wall in a high earth and rockfill dam in China were studied by using a newly designed soil-structure contact erosion apparatus.The experimental results indicate that:1)Shear failure on the joint is due to the hydro-mechanical coupling effect of stress and seepage failure.The seepage failure will induce the final shear failure when the ratio of deviatoric stress to confining pressure is within 1.0 1.2;2)A negative exponential permeability empirical model for the joint denoted by a newly defined principal stress function,which considers the coupling effect of confining pressure and axial pressure on the permeability,is established based on hydro-mechanical coupling experiments.3)The variation of the settlement before and after seepage failure is very different.The settlement before seepage failure changes very slowly,while it increases significantly after the seepage failure.4)The stress strain relationship is of a strain softening type.5)Flow along the joint still follows Darcian flow rule.The results will provide an important theoretical basis for the further evaluation on the safety of the high earth and rockfill dam.
