Earth and Earth-Rock Dams: Engineering Problems of Design and Construction

The content is confined to consideration of the foundation and dam embankment after the site has been selected. Except for brief treatment of the relationship of spillways tot he design of the embankment, problems of appurtenant structures are not covered.
The practices described are mainly those prevailing or coming into use in the United States, although many references are made to the work of engineers in other countries. The discussion includes not only conventional earth dams but also dams composed mainly of rockfill with rolled-earth cores. Earth and gravel dams with impervious membranes of concrete, steel and asphalt are covered in a special section (Chapter 9). Hydraulic fill dams are not treated, primarily because there has been no recent experience with them in most parts of the world.