Predicting suffusion potential of dam core soil of glacial till

• Main Author: Rönnqvist, Hans
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi 2015
• Subjects: Geotechnical Engineering; Geoteknik; Kenney; Luleå
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-33115

Although extensively used as core material in dams in many parts of the world, internal instability and suffusion potential of glacial till is still a relatively unexplored field. Statistically, dams with cores of glacial till have higher frequency of internal erosion incidents than dams with other...