Earth and Rockfill Dams

Code:

MMSEG1302

Acronym:

BTE

Instance: 2004/2005 - 3T

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MMSEG	0	Oficial 2000	1	1	3	-
PMSEG	0	Oficial2004	1	1	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main objective of the course is to transmit information about the geotechnical design of earth and rockfill dams.

Program

Types of dams and conception factors. Dam safety codes. Geological and geotechnical studies. Laboratory tests related with dam projects. Design, constitutive laws, static behaviour, seepage studies, evaluation of seismic behaviour. Fill construction control. Dam monitoring, equipment characteristics, instrumentation techniques, safety control, instrumentation plans, evaluation of the dam behaviour, visual inspections.

Mandatory literature

Partes de Distintos Estudos, Projectos e Processos de Concurso de Aproveitamentos Hidroeléctricos. Diversos Reconhecimentos Geotécnicos, EDP - Electricidade de Portugal, EP
Excertos de Diversos Estudos Prévios, Projectos de Execução e Processos de Concurso de Aproveitamentos com Barragens de Terra, CNEC - Conselho do Norte de Engenheiros Consultores, Lda.
Graux, Daniel; Fondations et excavations profondes
Leliavsky, S.; Design Text Books in Civil Engineering (Volume 1) Design of Dams for Percolation and Erosion, Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, 1965
Lemos, J. M. Ferreira; No domínio da hidráulica das rochas
Lemos, J.M.F.; Estanqueidade em Barragens Assentes sobre Leitos Móveis
Lemos, J.M.F.; Aplicação de Geotêxteis em Obras Hidráulicas
Nota Técnica sobre o Plano de Observação do Aproveitamento de Crestuma, LNEC, 1979
Code of Practice for the Design of Hydraulic Structures, Ministry of Electric Power Stations of USSR, Moscow, 1958

Complementary Bibliography

Ribeiro, A.A.; Aproveitamentos Hidroeléctricos. Generalidades e Barragens, Laboratório de Hidráulica da FEUP, Porto, 1978
Ribeiro, A.A.; Aproveitamentos Hidráulicos. Fins Múltiplos. Lições, Laboratório de Hidráulica da FEUP, Porto, 1988-89
Pinto, Pedro S. Sêco e; Observação de barragens de aterro. ISBN: 972-49-0218-8
Design of Small Dams, United States Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation, 1973

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of the course topics combining the theoretical fundamentals with practical issues of technical and professional relevance.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam (16) + individual assignment (4)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Individual assignment related with the course program