Abstract: To assess the potential for unraveling failure of flow-through rockfill dams, a systematic study of three aspects of the hydraulic design of these structures was conducted. First, the gradient that is most useful in ...

Abstract: A purely numerical parametric study of 24 flow-through rockfill dam geometries was conducted. The nonlinear nature of the p-LaPlacian–like partial differential equation was dealt with using a finite-difference scheme that ...

Abstract: Essentially, linear mine-waste dumps at open-pit mine sites represent expedient places to deposit large quantities of waste rock. Being placed in valleys in most cases, the effect of the water flowing through the deposit ...