This paper is published in Volume-3, Issue-6, 2017
Area
Slope Stability of Earthen Dams
Author
D. Durga Naga Laxmi Devi, R. Anbalagan
Org/Univ
St. Peter's Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Pub. Date
21 November, 2017
Paper ID
V3I6-1264
Publisher
Keywords
Slope Stability, Steady State Seepage, Sudden Drawdown, Berm, Drain, Earthen Dam, GEOSTUDIO Software

Citationsacebook

IEEE
D. Durga Naga Laxmi Devi, R. Anbalagan. Study on Slope Stability of Earthen Dams by using GEOSTUDIO Software, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
D. Durga Naga Laxmi Devi, R. Anbalagan (2017). Study on Slope Stability of Earthen Dams by using GEOSTUDIO Software. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(6) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
D. Durga Naga Laxmi Devi, R. Anbalagan. "Study on Slope Stability of Earthen Dams by using GEOSTUDIO Software." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 3.6 (2017). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

This paper research explained about slope stability of earthen dams using GEOSTUDIO software. Generally, in earthen dams, the factors included in this analysis are the specific site, foundation conditions, construction material characteristics and hazard potential associated with the particular site. To control the slope failures it is important to analyze the factor of safety of the slopes. To derive factor of safety, the tests are carried out by using numerical modeling of SLOPE/W and SEEP/W tools of GEOSTUDIO software for steady state seepage and sudden drawdown conditions. In this paper factor of safeties are analyzed for four cases, such as (i) without berm without the drained blanket (ii) with berm without a drained blanket (iii) without berm with the drained blanket and (iv) with berm with the drained blanket. Out of four cases, the best case to improve the factor of safety of the slope is (iv) with berm with the drained blanket of the earthen dam.