Time History Evaluation of Piezometers for Seepage Characterization of Levees and Earth Dams : Agenda
July 8, 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Agenda:
- Quick History of Seepage Failures
- Basics of Seepage theory in terms of graphics
- Concept of Flow nets
- How to draw flow net - It's simple but it’s critical
- Seepage representation for dams/levees and the generalization
- The LP, RP, and PR plots standardization concept
- Showing how the location of the piezometer in a dam/levee cross-section influences the plots
- Showing how geologic features in LP plots will influence RP and PR plots
- Plotting measured time-history piezometric data on RP and PR plots
- Showing how backward erosion is reflected in RP and PR plots