Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219306

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0219306

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cracking of Embankment Dams Under Normal Operating, and Flood Conditions, and the Implications for Internal Erosion and Piping Failure. Internal erosion and piping causes half of embankment dam failures and accidents. Historically about two percent of dams have been affected. The most common cause of initiation of erosion is in cracks or by hydraulic fracture in low stress zones. This project will develop methods for predicting the opening width and depth of desiccation and stress induced cracking in the dam crest, and for assessing whether the cracks will close before erosion begins as the reservoir water rises, or whether erosion will self limit or continue.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-04-2002

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $128,545.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Civil | "Stone, ceramics and clay materials"

Other Keywords

"Stone, ceramics and clay materials" | Civil | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Geotechnical Engineering | Land and water management

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