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Scale Effects in Coarse Sand Barrier Experiments
Abstract The coarse sand barrier is considered as a promising measure to prevent backward erosion piping from causing failure of embankments. A pipe is allowed to progress backwards until it encounters the coarse sand barrier, which prevents it from progressing unless the head difference over the embankment is significantly increased. A three stage experimental programme supported by groundwater flow modelling is carried out to investigate the feasibility of this method. The hypothesis is that the strength of the barrier is characterised by a local gradient at the interface between the barrier and the pipe. Major questions are: can the horizontal gradient as measured in laboratory tests be used to characterise the strength of the barrier material, over which distance should a horizontal gradient be determined, and is this distance the same for models at different scales? This paper presents the background theory and demonstrates the effects using scale dependent criteria. Preliminary results of small- and medium-scale experiments are used to compare the two approaches.
Scale Effects in Coarse Sand Barrier Experiments
Abstract The coarse sand barrier is considered as a promising measure to prevent backward erosion piping from causing failure of embankments. A pipe is allowed to progress backwards until it encounters the coarse sand barrier, which prevents it from progressing unless the head difference over the embankment is significantly increased. A three stage experimental programme supported by groundwater flow modelling is carried out to investigate the feasibility of this method. The hypothesis is that the strength of the barrier is characterised by a local gradient at the interface between the barrier and the pipe. Major questions are: can the horizontal gradient as measured in laboratory tests be used to characterise the strength of the barrier material, over which distance should a horizontal gradient be determined, and is this distance the same for models at different scales? This paper presents the background theory and demonstrates the effects using scale dependent criteria. Preliminary results of small- and medium-scale experiments are used to compare the two approaches.
Scale Effects in Coarse Sand Barrier Experiments
Rosenbrand, Esther (Autor:in) / Beek, Vera (Autor:in) / Koelewijn, André (Autor:in) / Akrami, Sepideh (Autor:in) / Förster, Ulrich (Autor:in) / Gerven, Koen (Autor:in) / Bezuijen, Adam (Autor:in)
01.09.2018
12 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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