BITS Pilani

Pilani Campus

SOIL MECHANICS
By
R.Srinivas
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering

BITS-Pilani, Pilani campus

Earthen dams

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Types of earthen dams

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Homogenous embankment

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Zoned embankment

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Diaphragm embankment

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Seepage through earthen dams

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Assumptions

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Line of seepage or phreatic line

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Equation of parabola

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Dam without filter

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

An example

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Solution

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BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

THANK YOU

BITS Pilani, Deemed to be University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956