Foundation of a Gravity Dam on Layered Soft Rock: Shear Strength of Bedding Planes in Laboratory and...
Foundation of a Gravity Dam on Layered Soft Rock: Shear Strength of Bedding Planes in Laboratory and Large “In Situ” Tests
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Cham: Springer International Publishing
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A 100 m high gravity dam (Castrovido dam, Burgos, Spain) is founded on a soft Weald red claystone with inter-bedded sandstone strata. Claystone weathering was identified in vertical and horizontal profiles of water content and dry density. Peak and residual strength of rock matrix is given in the paper. Clay and sandstone layers dip 15°–20° in the...
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Foundation of a Gravity Dam on Layered Soft Rock: Shear Strength of Bedding Planes in Laboratory and Large “In Situ” Tests
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TN_cdi_csuc_recercat_oai_recercat_cat_2072_334534
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_csuc_recercat_oai_recercat_cat_2072_334534
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0960-3182
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1573-1529
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10.1007/s10706-013-9670-2
