Hydraulic Fracturing in Earth-rock Fill Dams by Jun-Jie Wang - 9781118725504

Hydraulic Fracturing in Earth-rock Fill DamsAuthor(s): Jun-Jie Wang\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781118725504, 978-1118725504\nSynopsis\nPresents a systematic and comprehensive study of hydraulic fracturing, original in its concentration of core soil problems\n\n There have been a number of well-studied cases in which dams have failed or been damaged by concentrated leaks for no apparent cause. In some of these experiences, investigators concluded that differential settlement cracks were the probable causes, even though no cracks were seen on the surface. In these examples, it was not determined whether the crack was open before the reservoir filled or whether it might have opened afterward. In several unsolved problems on the safety of the earth-rock fill dam, the problem of hydraulic fracture in the soil core of the earth-rock fill dam is one that is widely paid attention by designers and resea.