US Army Corps of Engineers - General Design and Construction Considerations for Earth and Rock-Fill Dams

Washington, Department of the Army, 2004. — 130 p.
This manual presents fundamental principles underlying the design and construction of earth and rock-fill dams.Table of contentsIntroduction
Purpose
Applicability
References
Overview of ManualGeneral Considerations
General
Civil Works Project Process
Types of Embankment Dams
Basic Requirement
Selection of Embankment Type
Environmental ConsiderationsField Investigations and Laboratory Testing
Geological and Subsurface Explorations and Fiels Tests
Laboratory TestingGeneral Design Considerations
General
Freeboard
Top Width
Alignment
Embankment
Abutments
Perfomance Parameters
Earthquake Effects
Coordination Between Design and Construction
Value Engineering Proposals
Partnering Between the Owner and Contractor
Modifications to Embankment Dams to Accommodate New or Revised Inflow or Ohter PurposesFoundation and Abutment Preparation
Preparation
Strengthening the Fondation
Dewatering Working AreaSeepage Control
General
Embankment
Earth Foundations
Rock Foundations
Abutment
Adjacent to Outlet Conduits
Beneath Spillways and Stilling Basins
Seepage Control Agains Earthquake EffectsEmbankment Design
Embankment Materials
Zoning
Cracking
Filter Design
Consolidation and Excess Porewater Pressures
Embankment Slopes and Berms
Embankment Reinforcement
Compaction Requirement
Slope ProtectionAppurtenant Struvtures
Outlet Works
Spillway
Other Important ConsiderationsGeneral Construction Considderations
General
Obtaining Quality Construction
Stage Construction
Stream Diversion
Closure Section
Construction/Design Inreface
Visual Observations
Compaction Control
Initial Reservoir Filling
Construction Records and ReportsInstrumentation
General
Instrumenation Plan and Records
Types of instrumentation
Discussion of Devices
Measurements of Seepage Quantities
Automated Data Acquisition SystemsAppendix
References
Filter Design
Slope Protection
Automatic Data Acquisition Systems
Process for Establishing Performance Parameters
Methods of Dam Raising