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Internal Erosion in Earthdams, Dikes and Levees

Proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018

  • Presents the proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion (EWG-IE), held in Milan, Italy, on 10-13 September 2018
  • Includes the latest developments in internal erosion in water retaining structures such as dam embankments, levees and dikes
  • Written by leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 17)

Conference series link(s): EWG-IE: European Working Group on Internal Erosion

Conference proceedings info: EWG-IE 2018.

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Table of contents (32 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Laboratory Techniques and Findings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Effects of Suffusion on the Soil’s Mechanical Behavior: Experimental Investigations

      • Rodaina Aboul Hosn, Nadia Benahmed, Cong Doan Nguyen, Luc Sibille, Pierre Philippe, Bruno Chareyre
      Pages 3-15
    3. Experimental Tests of Soil Reinforcement Against Erosion and Liquefaction by Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation

      • R. Béguin, L. Oxarango, L. Sapin, A. Garandet, A. Viglino, E. François et al.
      Pages 16-24
    4. Development of a New Apparatus for the Jet Erosion Test (JET)

      • Maxime Boucher, Rémi Béguin, Jean-Robert Courivaud
      Pages 25-33
    5. Erosion of Zoned Earthfill Dams by Internal Instability: Laboratory Testing for Model Development

      • Jonathan Fannin, Paul Slangen, Sara Ataii, Vincent McClelland, Des Hartford
      Pages 34-49
    6. Assessment of Internal Stability of Granular Soils by Means of Theoretical and Laboratory Methods

      • Maria Clorinda Mandaglio, Nicola Moraci, Erika Polimeni
      Pages 60-68
    7. New Apparatus for Assessing Soil Suffusion Susceptibility Under Two Flow Directions

      • Didier Marot, Fateh Bendahmane, Van Thao Le
      Pages 69-80
    8. Uncertainty in Determining the Critical Hydraulic Gradient of Uniform Glass Beads

      • Lubomir Petrula, Mario Hala, Jaromír Říha
      Pages 81-90
    9. Viewing Fluid Flow Inside a Granular Medium

      • Nicoletta Sanvitale, Elisabeth T. Bowman, Jonathan A. Black
      Pages 91-97
  3. From Modelling to Design Criteria

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
    2. Finite Element Analysis of Internal Erosion Effect on the Stability of Dikes

      • Abderrezak Bouziane, Ahmed Benamar, Abdelkader Tahakourt
      Pages 113-123
    3. Modelling of Backward Erosion Piping in Two- and Three- Dimensional Domains

      • Bryant A. Robbins, D. V. Griffiths
      Pages 149-158
    4. A Numerical Approach for the Analysis of Piping Erosion in Hydraulic Works

      • Andrea Francesco Rotunno, Carlo Callari, Francesco Froiio
      Pages 159-167
    5. Constitutive Modeling of a Suffusive Soil with Porosity-Dependent Plasticity

      • Quentin Rousseau, Giulio Sciarra, Rachel Gelet, Didier Marot
      Pages 168-179
    6. Micro-scale Flow Conditions Leading to the Onset of Erosion

      • Alexander Scheuermann, H. M. D. Harshani, S. A. Galindo-Torres
      Pages 180-188

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About this book

This book gathers the peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams, Levees and Dikes, and their Foundations (EWG-IE), held in Milano, Italy, on 10-13 September 2018. The meeting served as a fertile platform for discussion, sharing sound knowledge and introducing novel ideas on issues related to soil internal erosion in water retaining structures. The contributions encompass various aspects of laboratory techniques and findings, modelling and design criteria as well as prevention measures and field assessment. The book is a valuable, up-to-date tool that provides an essential overview of the subject for scientists and practitioners alike, and inspires further investigations and research.


Editors and Affiliations

  • IRSTEA, National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, Aix en Provence, France

    Stéphane Bonelli

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Cristina Jommi, Donatella Sterpi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Internal Erosion in Earthdams, Dikes and Levees

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018

  • Editors: Stéphane Bonelli, Cristina Jommi, Donatella Sterpi

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99423-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99422-2Published: 03 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07600-9Published: 19 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99423-9Published: 31 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2366-2557

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-2565

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 368

  • Number of Illustrations: 237 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Solid Mechanics

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Softcover Book USD 279.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 279.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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