Seismic response of asphaltic concrete used as an impermeable core of a rockfill dam was investigated. In the first part of the study, geotechnical parameters of the asphaltic concrete were obtained from a series of monotonic ...

One of the important phenomena that can occur specially in first filling of a clay core earth dam is possibility crack formation. Stresses Increase in some areas in the body of an earth dam, and decrease in other Areas, ...