Alternative Title
Paper No. 2.05
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Abstract
Wadaslintang Dam, constructed for the Government of Indonesia's Directorate of Irrigation, was completed m 1987 and stands approximately 120 m (394 ft) high at the maximum section with a crest length of about 700 m (2,296 ft). At the time of its completion it was the largest dam ever constructed using the wet core method of construction. Consequently, the project data constitutes a valuable case history of a large dam constructed with a soil core when it was impossible to achieve conventionally accepted standards for placement and compaction of the core zone material. The instrumentation data obtained during construction provides invaluable information on such aspects of behavior as stress distribution m the embankment, pore pressure generation and dissipation, and deformations during construction. Analysis of the data yielded insight and information on a number of aspects relevant to the analysts and design of earth structures, as well as the instrumentation of such structures, and this paper highlights several of the most significant lessons learned from this project. In addition, the project data will contribute to the database of geotechnical information on earth structures constructed in tropical regions of the world.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 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
Kerkes, David J., "Lessons Learned from the Analysis of a Wet Core Dam" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 12.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session02/12
Lessons Learned from the Analysis of a Wet Core Dam
St. Louis, Missouri
Wadaslintang Dam, constructed for the Government of Indonesia's Directorate of Irrigation, was completed m 1987 and stands approximately 120 m (394 ft) high at the maximum section with a crest length of about 700 m (2,296 ft). At the time of its completion it was the largest dam ever constructed using the wet core method of construction. Consequently, the project data constitutes a valuable case history of a large dam constructed with a soil core when it was impossible to achieve conventionally accepted standards for placement and compaction of the core zone material. The instrumentation data obtained during construction provides invaluable information on such aspects of behavior as stress distribution m the embankment, pore pressure generation and dissipation, and deformations during construction. Analysis of the data yielded insight and information on a number of aspects relevant to the analysts and design of earth structures, as well as the instrumentation of such structures, and this paper highlights several of the most significant lessons learned from this project. In addition, the project data will contribute to the database of geotechnical information on earth structures constructed in tropical regions of the world.
