Date
09 May 1984, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
In this paper, a number of case histories of typical earthquakes dams and levees which have been damaged by earthquakes occurred in past two decades in China are reported in some details along with data obtained from field and laboratory investigations as well as some analytical results. These damages are mainly due to liquefaction of saturated cohesionless or less cohesive soils and slippage in weak soft clays. It is concluded that, in order to avoid severe earthquake damages, earth dams and levees should be compacted to dense state and any liquefiable soils and weak soft clays in foundations should be discarded or remedied.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wang, W. S., "Earthquake Damages to Earth Dams and Levees in Relation to Soil Liquefaction and Weakness in Soft Clays" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 6.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/1icchge/1icchge-theme5/6
Earthquake Damages to Earth Dams and Levees in Relation to Soil Liquefaction and Weakness in Soft Clays
In this paper, a number of case histories of typical earthquakes dams and levees which have been damaged by earthquakes occurred in past two decades in China are reported in some details along with data obtained from field and laboratory investigations as well as some analytical results. These damages are mainly due to liquefaction of saturated cohesionless or less cohesive soils and slippage in weak soft clays. It is concluded that, in order to avoid severe earthquake damages, earth dams and levees should be compacted to dense state and any liquefiable soils and weak soft clays in foundations should be discarded or remedied.
