Hydraulic Fill Dam Construction - Historical Data 1

[DallasGeotech]

I am currently working on a hydrualic fill structure built in the late 1930's. I have exhausted the resources available to me. If you have any references to hydraulic fill dam construction, material properties, ect., please let me know. Data prior to 1930 would be a plus as no data is available for the 'rules of thumb' or design guides used by the engineers to construct the dam.

 

[kslee1000]

Check MWH Global Infrastructure in Chicago. This company purchased Harza Engineering Co, which used to do a lot of design in dams.

 

[DMcGrath]

The Fort Peck Dam in Montana was built in the 1930's using hydraulic fill methods. Although not a technical resource,

http://www.fortpeckdam.com/

tells the story of the dam's construction and has seemingly hundreds of photos.

 

[dgillette]

What questions are you seeking to answer? Strength for static or dynamic analysis? Seepage characteristics?

That website DMcGrath cites is a lot of fun to look at. There is also a pretty good novel about the construction period: "Bucking the Sun" by Ivan Doig.

DRG

 

[slam00000]

Hydraulic Fill Structures (excellent papers collections) Edited by V.Zyl and S.G.Vick , Geotechnical Special Publications No.21 ,1988, ASCE.

 

[DallasGeotech]

Thanks for your replies. I currently have the ASCE publication. We will be evaluating both the static and dynamic properties during the later stages of our investigation. Any other suggestions would be of great help.

 

[howardoark]

You can find both of these on line

100 Years of Embankment Dam
Design and Construction
in the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation History Symposium
at
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
June 18-19, 2002
by
Richard Lyman Wiltshire, P.E.
Civil Engineer, Principal Designer
Geotechnical Services Division, Group 1
Technical Service Center
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Department of the Interior

and

Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water-Power and Domestic Water Supply

James Dix Schuyler 1908

The Schuler tome -

http://2020ok.com/books/95/reservoirs-for-irrigation-water-power-and-domestic-water-supply-57295.htm

is 607 pages of how to build dams. It's short on theory, but was probably still fairly current in 1930.