US Army Corps of Engineers - General Design and Construction Considerations for Earth and Rock-Fill Dams

Washington, Department of the Army, 2004. — 130 p. This manual presents fundamental principles underlying the design and construction of earth and rock-fill dams. Table of contents Introduction Purpose Applicability References Overview of Manual General Considerations General Civil Works Project Process Types of Embankment Dams Basic Requirement Selection of Embankment Type Environmental Considerations Field Investigations and Laboratory Testing Geological and Subsurface Explorations and Fiels Tests Laboratory Testing General Design Considerations General Freeboard Top Width Alignment Embankment Abutments Perfomance Parameters Earthquake Effects Coordination Between Design and Construction Value Engineering Proposals Partnering Between the Owner and Contractor Modifications to Embankment Dams to Accommodate New or Revised Inflow or Ohter Purposes Foundation and Abutment Preparation Preparation Strengthening the Fondation Dewatering Working Area Seepage Control General Embankment Earth Foundations Rock Foundations Abutment Adjacent to Outlet Conduits Beneath Spillways and Stilling Basins Seepage Control Agains Earthquake Effects Embankment Design Embankment Materials Zoning Cracking Filter Design Consolidation and Excess Porewater Pressures Embankment Slopes and Berms Embankment Reinforcement Compaction Requirement Slope Protection Appurtenant Struvtures Outlet Works Spillway Other Important Considerations General Construction Considderations General Obtaining Quality Construction Stage Construction Stream Diversion Closure Section Construction/Design Inreface Visual Observations Compaction Control Initial Reservoir Filling Construction Records and Reports Instrumentation General Instrumenation Plan and Records Types of instrumentation Discussion of Devices Measurements of Seepage Quantities Automated Data Acquisition Systems Appendix References Filter Design Slope Protection Automatic Data Acquisition Systems Process for Establishing Performance Parameters Methods of Dam Raising