What is it about?
This paper investigates the cause of dsorders produced in the drainage gallery of Ghezala Dam (Tunisia). Water leakage from the gallery to the compressible foundation led to a long settlement. The observed cracks if the gallery structure were predicted by Plaxis 2D.
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The follow up of earth dams in vital because water infiltration is the more likely to happen, then potentiem disorders ùay affect the stability of the dam.
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This page is a summary of: Pathology of foundation of Ghezala dam, a Tunisian case history, January 2011, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-778-9-63.
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