Internal Erosion in Earthdams, Dikes and Levees: Proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Book 17)

This book gathers the peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams, Levees and Dikes, and their Foundations (EWG-IE), held in Milano, Italy, on 10-13 September 2018. The meeting served as a fertile platform for discussion, sharing sound knowledge and introducing novel ideas on issues related to soil internal erosion in water retaining structures. The contributions encompass various aspects of laboratory techniques and findings, modelling and design criteria as well as prevention measures and field assessment. The book is a valuable, up-to-date tool that provides an essential overview of the subject for scientists and practitioners alike, and inspires further investigations and research. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Effects of Suffusion on the Soil’s Mechanical Behavior: Experimental Investigations (Rodaina Aboul Hosn, Nadia Benahmed, Cong Doan Nguyen, Luc Sibille, Pierre Philippe, Bruno Chareyre)....Pages 3-15 Experimental Tests of Soil Reinforcement Against Erosion and Liquefaction by Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (R. Béguin, L. Oxarango, L. Sapin, A. Garandet, A. Viglino, E. François et al.)....Pages 16-24 Development of a New Apparatus for the Jet Erosion Test (JET) (Maxime Boucher, Rémi Béguin, Jean-Robert Courivaud)....Pages 25-33 Erosion of Zoned Earthfill Dams by Internal Instability: Laboratory Testing for Model Development (Jonathan Fannin, Paul Slangen, Sara Ataii, Vincent McClelland, Des Hartford)....Pages 34-49 The Role of Seepage Flow Rate and Deviatoric Stress on the Onset and Progression of Internal Stability in a Gap-Graded Soil (Fahed Gaber, Elisabeth T. Bowman)....Pages 50-59 Assessment of Internal Stability of Granular Soils by Means of Theoretical and Laboratory Methods (Maria Clorinda Mandaglio, Nicola Moraci, Erika Polimeni)....Pages 60-68 New Apparatus for Assessing Soil Suffusion Susceptibility Under Two Flow Directions (Didier Marot, Fateh Bendahmane, Van Thao Le)....Pages 69-80 Uncertainty in Determining the Critical Hydraulic Gradient of Uniform Glass Beads (Lubomir Petrula, Mario Hala, Jaromír Říha)....Pages 81-90 Viewing Fluid Flow Inside a Granular Medium (Nicoletta Sanvitale, Elisabeth T. Bowman, Jonathan A. Black)....Pages 91-97 Effects of Void Ratio and Hydraulic Gradient on Permeability and Suffusion of Glacial Till Cores (Ingrid Silva, Peter Viklander, Jan Laue)....Pages 98-109 Front Matter ....Pages 111-111 Finite Element Analysis of Internal Erosion Effect on the Stability of Dikes (Abderrezak Bouziane, Ahmed Benamar, Abdelkader Tahakourt)....Pages 113-123 A Numerical Procedure to Simulate Particle Migration at the Contact Between Different Materials in Earthfill Dams (Francesco Federico, Chiara Cesali)....Pages 124-136 Reliability Underseepage Assessment of Levees Incorporating Geomorphic Features (Lourdes Polanco-Boulware, John Rice)....Pages 137-148 Modelling of Backward Erosion Piping in Two- and Three- Dimensional Domains (Bryant A. Robbins, D. V. Griffiths)....Pages 149-158 A Numerical Approach for the Analysis of Piping Erosion in Hydraulic Works (Andrea Francesco Rotunno, Carlo Callari, Francesco Froiio)....Pages 159-167 Constitutive Modeling of a Suffusive Soil with Porosity-Dependent Plasticity (Quentin Rousseau, Giulio Sciarra, Rachel Gelet, Didier Marot)....Pages 168-179 Micro-scale Flow Conditions Leading to the Onset of Erosion (Alexander Scheuermann, H. M. D. Harshani, S. A. Galindo-Torres)....Pages 180-188 Simplified Estimation of Some Main Characteristics of Pores and Constrictions in Granular Materials (Feda Seblany, Eric Vincens, Christophe Picault)....Pages 189-199 Numerical and Physical Modelling of Seepage-Induced Internal Erosion Around Holes on Permeable Sheet Pile (Akihiro Takahashi, Hibiki Kokaki, Takahiro Maruyama, Kazuki Horikoshi)....Pages 200-207 Front Matter ....Pages 209-209 Investigating the Formation of a Filter Cake in Column Experiments, for Combinations of Filter and Fine Sand in a Coarse Sand Barrier (Sepideh Akrami, Adam Bezuijen, Esther Rosenbrand, André Koelewijn, Ulrich Förster, Vera van Beek)....Pages 211-220 Analytical Groundwater Flow Calculations for Understanding the Flow and Erosion in a Coarse Sand Barrier (Adam Bezuijen, Vera van Beek, Esther Rosenbrand, Sepideh Akrami)....Pages 221-233 Multidisciplinary Analysis and Modelling of a River Embankment Affected by Piping (Giulia Bossi, Silvia Bersan, Simonetta Cola, Luca Schenato, Fabio De Polo, Celeste Menegazzo et al.)....Pages 234-244 Detection of Permeability Defects Within Dams and Levees Through Coupled Seepage and Heat Transport Analyses (Chiara Cesali, Vincenzo Federico)....Pages 245-257 The Role of the Hydraulic Resistance of the River Bed and the Time Dependent Response of the Foundation Layers in the Assessment of Water Defences for Macrostability and Piping (Dario Garuti, Cristina Jommi, Richard Rijkers)....Pages 258-271 Impact of the Use of 3D Modeling on Sand Boil Risk Management (M. Daniela Giliberti, Massimiliano Cirincione, Alessandro Cavagni)....Pages 272-288 A Statistical Framework for Incorporating Sand Boil Observations in Levee Risk Analysis (Bryant A. Robbins, M. Doughty, D. V. Griffiths)....Pages 289-300 Scale Effects in Coarse Sand Barrier Experiments (Esther Rosenbrand, Vera van Beek, André Koelewijn, Sepideh Akrami, Ulrich Förster, Koen van Gerven et al.)....Pages 301-312 Assessing Suffusion Susceptibility of Soils by Using Construction Data: Application to a Compacted Till Dam Core (Lingran Zhang, Rachel Gelet, Didier Marot, Marc Smith, Jean-Marie Konrad)....Pages 313-324 Front Matter ....Pages 325-325 Collection and Analysis of the Reactivation Data of the Historical Sand Boils in the Po River Levees (Stefano Aielli, Sara Pavan, Stefano Parodi, Alessandro Rosso, Maria Giovanna Tanda, Michela Marchi et al.)....Pages 327-335 Databases for Backward Erosion Piping Laboratory Experiments and Field Observations (Vera van Beek, Ane Wiersma, Martijn van Egdom, Bryant A. Robbins)....Pages 336-346 Harmonisation of Terminology and Definitions on Soil Deformation Due to Seepage (Jaromír Říha, Zakaraya Alhasan, Lubomir Petrula, Paweł Popielski, Agnieszka Dąbska, Jean Jacques Fry et al.)....Pages 347-366 Correction to: Simplified Estimation of Some Main Characteristics of Pores and Constrictions in Granular Materials (Feda Seblany, Eric Vincens, Christophe Picault)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 367-368