Experiences in Identification and Treatment of Dispersive Clays in Mississippi Dams /

Experiences in Identification and Treatment of Dispersive Clays in Mississippi Dams /

Twenty floodwater retarding dams in Mississippi have been treated to protect them from failure due to tunnel erosion. All of these sites developed severe tunneling characteristics of dispersed soils because of extreme rains in 1973, causing rapid acceleration of the probably latent soil condition

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forsythe, P. (Author)
Corporate Authors: ASTM International, American Society for Testing and Materials
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: West Conshohocken, Pa. : ASTM International, 1977
Subjects:
Clays
Dispersions
Erosion
Gravel
Hydrated lime
Pinhole tests
Sands
Sodium
Soil mechanics > Congresses
Soil mechanics
Soil tests
Ultraviolet radiation
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