25. Accommodating rare floods over embankments and steep reinforced channels
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Published:1991
G. R. Powledge, T. J. Rhone, P. E. Clopper, 1991. "25. Accommodating rare floods over embankments and steep reinforced channels", The embankment dam: Proceedings of the sixth conference of the British Dam Society held in Nottingham on 12–15 September 1990, The British Dam Society
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Based on research and case history data available from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) engineers can now feel confident in the design of overflow protection for low embankment dams. The introduction of articulated concrete block revetments, originally designed for coastal protection in wave environments, has produced a viable option for application to steep-slope, high-velocity flow conditions where, if left unprotected, the channel banks and foundation material would be subject to damaging and potentially catastrophic erosion.
INTRODUCTION
TESTING PROGRAM
HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES AND REVETMENT BLOCK STABILITY
MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOW OVERTOPPING AT EXISTING DAM SITES
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
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