Analysis of stability of earthen dams in kachchh region, Gujarat, India

Babu, Sivakumar GL and Srivastava, Amit and Sahana, V (2007) Analysis of stability of earthen dams in kachchh region, Gujarat, India. In: Engineering Geology, 94 (3-4). pp. 123-136.

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Abstract

The Kachchh region of Gujarat, India bore the brunt of a disastrous earthquake of magnitude M-w=7.6 that occurred on January 26, 2001. The major cause of failure of various structures including earthen dams was noted to be the presence of liquefiable alluvium in the foundation soil. Results of back-analysis of failures of Chang, Tappar, Kaswati and Rudramata earth dams using pseudo-static limit equilibrium approach presented in this paper confirm that the presence of liquefiable layer contributed to lesser factors of safety leading to a base type of failure that was also observed in the field. Following the earthquake, earth dams have been rehabilitated by the concerned authority and it is imperative that the reconstructed sections of earth dams be reanalyzed. It is also increasingly realized that risk assessment of dams in view of the large-scale investment made and probabilistic analysis is necessary. In this study, it is demonstrated that the probabilistic approach when used in conjunction with deterministic approach helps in providing a rational solution for quantification of safety of the dam and in the estimation of risk associated with the dam construction. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Engineering Geology
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2010 10:28
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2019 11:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/25973

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