... SETTLEMENT GEOMEMBRANES CLAYS CORES SCHLEGEL SHEETING UPSTREAM IMPERMEABLE ROCKS THICKNESS SEEPAGE PIEZOMETERS KONTAGORA ISANLU NIGERIA AFRICA Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1990,88,155-164 9259 and 9398 DISCUSSION WATER ENGINEERING GROUP Kontagora and Isanlu Dams, Nigeria N. S. M...

...-SILICA REACTION: VAL DE LA MARE DAM 1243 COLE AND HORSWILL Table 1. Main monitoring activities andfrequencies Monitoring activity Piezometer readings Relief drain flows Anchor bar load cells Crest movement gauges Visual inspection and survey of face cracking Other block 6 instrumentation Sonic velocity...

... water pressure were monitored using water standpipes and piezometers. Instrument readings were monitored during and after the construction of the superstructure. The observations showed that most of the load was carried by the piles and overall and differential foundation settlements were very small...

...- matic piezometers. Three different typesof measurement have been carried out to determine lateral earth pressures in puddlcelay cores: push-in spade-shapedpres- sure cells; critical pressure tests in stand-pipepiezometers; self-boring pres- suremeters. Push-in spade-shaped pressure cells 23...

... PRESSURE RESPONSES WATER DRAINAGE BLANKETS BASES GEOLOGY INSTABILITY LANDSLIPS DESIGN SEPARATION MEMBRANES STABILITY ANALYSIS MOVEMENT LONDON CLAY SLOPES MOTORWAYS M25 EARTHWORKS PERMEABILITY FOUNDATIONS DAMS LAYERS SILT PIEZOMETERS CLAYS SLIP RAILWAYS MATERIALS CONTRACTS...

... BORING WATER CLAYS STRENGTH INSTABILITY PORE PRESSURE CONTENT STRESS DRAINAGE SAFETY FACTORS SHEAR JOINT VENTURES CORES MATERIALS SELECTION TESTS LABORATORIES SHOULDERS MONITORING SOILS PIEZOMETERS METHODS MEASUREMENT MOVEMENT GROUNDWATER CONTRACTORS KIELDER...

... RELIEF PROTECTION TRAFFIC TEMPORARY SITES ADMINISTRATION LAYOUT GEOLOGY PILING STRUTS CONCRETE PRESSURE DEWATERING RESTRUTTING REMOVAL CLOSURES PILES SAND CUTTING DIVING AIRLIFTS FORMATION TESTS CHALK THANET SAND THANET PIEZOMETERS SETTLEMENT INDICATORS RIVER THAMES...

... GROUNDWATER PIEZOMETERS PORE PRESSURE TRIAXIAL STRESS CONS TRENT HUMBERSIDE UK Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1, 1982,72, Aug., 4 7 - 4 4 8480 DISCUSSION Design and constructionof the approach embankments to theRiver Trent bridge on the M180 South HumbersideMotorway J.J. H O L R O Y D , G...

... result is given in Fig. 23. This shows groundwaterlevel followingthe rising tide very closely, whichmay not be entirely accurate, and could have been distorted by the presence of the piezometer tubeitself. With thefalling tide, groundwater levelisheld just below mid-tideand...

... profile gaugesincorporatingplatemagnets were installed across the full width of the embankment base. Piezometers were incorporated in both embankment fill and subsoil in order that a complete pictureof excess pore water pressure build-up coulbde monitored. 0 Plezometers 1l inclinometers -15 c -10 .5 (0 0...

...). The slopes averaged If to 1 and their stability depended upon keeping the ground water below the surfaces of the slopes by means of a two-stage well pointing system. Dip type piezometers were installed on twocross sections to enable a watch to he kept on the effectiveness of the ground water lowering. 25...

... IRRIGATION PLANNING SLUICES BUTTRESSES RESERVOIRS PIEZOMETERS COLLIMATION BENTONITE DESIGN FOUNDATIONS INSTRUMENTATION FLOODS SUBSOIL LABOUR COLLIMATORS ROSEIRES BLUE NILE SUDAN AFRICA 7047/7048 DISCUSSION The Roseires Dam, Sudan: planning and design R. L. FITT, R. MARWICK & F...

... PIEZOMETERS MANGLA INDUS PAKISTAN ASIA MANGLA SYNOPSIS Part I of the Paper describes the Indus Basin Project, the primary purpose of which is to replace the waters of the eastern rivers ceded under the Indus Basin Treaty to India with waterfrom the western rivers, also the importance...

... of the job was less than estimated, and it was finished five months ahead of the programme. This spoke very well for the general planning, the good supervision, and the manner in which difficulties were promptly dealt with. 41. The speaker said that he had experienced difficultieswith piezometers. Even...

... FOUNDATIONS PARTIAL CRACKING CORES INVESTIGATIONS REMEDIAL WORKS MEASURES SITES TESTING EARTHFILL TESTS COSTS GEOLOGY FILTERS SAND ALLUVIUM CUT OFF GROUTING ROCKS WEATHERED PERFORMANCE SETTLEMENT CONSOLIDATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS PORE PRESSURE PIEZOMETERS SHEAR STRENGTH...

... actually donethat in the Balderhead reservoir located not very far away from Selset. There was no doubt that the piezometer installations at Selset gavevital information all through the construction of the embankment o the engineer and were of great valueto him. However, they (the contractors) felt...

... GEOLOGY FOUNDATIONS SAND SOFT BOULDER CLAY WATER PROTECTION PIEZOMETERS DESIGN TRENCHES SETTLEMENT DRAINS CLAYS DISSIPATION PRESSURE OVERFLOWS FILL CONSTRUCTION CUT OFF VERTICAL STRENGTH EMBANKMENTS PORE BOULDER TESTS SANDEMAN KENNARD BALFOUR BEATTY SELSET LUNE...

... DURHAM UK RESERVOIRS EMBANKMENTS CLIMATE BOULDER CLAY FIELD FOUNDATIONS DRAINS ACCELERATION LANDSLIPS PRESSURE PORE DESIGN CLAYS FILL METHODS MEASUREMENT STRATA SOFT PIEZOMETERS CUT OFF ABUTMENTS DRAINAGE PERFORMANCE INFLUENCE PROPERTIES BOULDER SETTLEMENT SAND...

... raising the outfall channelor lowering the floor of the basin. Piezometer measurements indicatedthat cavitation mightoccur in the throatof the bellmouth, and that low pressures in this region might be due to the existence of a vena m t r a c t a caused by imperfect shaping of the bellmouth. 574 CRUMP...