Authors: Yun Wook Choo Dong Hoon Shin Sung Eun Cho Eun Sang Im DongSoo Kim
Publish Date: 2013/06/28
Volume: 17, Issue: 5, Pages: 949-958
Abstract
Sandy gravel materials have recently been utilized in place of crushed rock materials as the main rockfill materials in Concrete Faced Rockfill Dams CRFD to address geological and environmental problems In this paper an experimental scheme for centrifuge modeling was developed to simulate a Concrete Faced Gravelfill Dam CFGD The dam considered in this study was designed to implement a drainage zone of high permeability in the main gravelfill zone to enhance safety against accidental water infiltration into the dam Two centrifuge tests were performed and compared to investigate the performance of the drainage zone The first test was done with the drainage zone and the second without the drainage zone In the centrifuge tests water infiltration was simulated by raising the water table over preimplemented cracks on the model face slab The infiltration behaviors were monitored by pore water pressure transducers The centrifuge tests showed that the drainage zone of the CFGD effectively drains infiltrating water out of the dam body in a short time Numerical modeling was also performed to help understand the process of seepage through cracks
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