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EVALUATION OF GROUT CURTAIN PARAMETERS OF PALCMANSKA MASA DAM FOUNDATION
(STEF92 Technology, 2019-06-20, Emília Bednárová)
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Statistics analyses confirm that the most common reason of dam failures and accidents is overflow and seepage. The issue of seepage is related to the reliability of the sealing elements in the body and the foundation of the dams. So far, 290 dams have been built in Slovakia, of which 50 are included in the ICOLD register. Most of them have a grout curtain in the foundation. Many of these dams were designed between 1950 and 1980. Lugeon or Jahde's water pressure test criterion was applied to optimize the parameters...
Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Geotechnics2019