TY  - JOUR
T1  - Experimental Simulation of Dam on Soil with Cavity for Measuring
Uplift Pressure Force
AU - Aziz, Laith Jawad AU - Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 153
EP  - 158
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.153.158
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.153.158
KW  - dam with sheetpile
KW  -dam toe
KW  -sandy soil
KW  -cavity
KW  -seepage
KW  -Uplift pressure
AB  - Experimental investigation is performed to simulate the forces acting on the dam (vertical uplift
upward and lateral thrust toward the downstream side). The dams depending mainly upon its own weight to
resist these effects, therefore, the prediction of the uplift pressure force is of great significance in the dam
stability and safe, especially when the foundation soil contains. Forty two model test are conducted by using
steel dam with sheet pile at various positions (dam heel, at mid floor of dam and at dam toe) resting on sandy
soil with artificially cavity at a different locations in X and Z directions (lateral cavity location, X) and (cavity
depth, D) through the flow region. It was concluded that generally, the values of the pressure head under the
floor of the dam with cavity conditions are greater than that for no cavity condition. To reduce the magnitudes
of the generated uplift pressure force due to the presence of the cavity, the sheetpile must be installed in the
dam center. The effects of the cavity depth on the safe dam depends on the regions of sheetpile placed, (the
critical positions of the sheetpile are at the dam toe and at the dam heel when the cavity locations are in deep
and shallow, respectively).
ER  -