This book integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects
of risk assessment in a concise manner• The first book that introduces the causes, processes …

Internal stability refers to the ability for the coarse fraction of a soil to prevent the loss of its
fine fraction due to seepage flow. The main objective of this paper is to extend internal …

Internal instability is a form of internal erosion in broadly graded cohesionless soils in which
fine particles can be eroded at lower hydraulic gradients than predicted by classical theory …

This chapter focuses on the initiation and progression phases of the internal erosion process
of affected dams and levees. It discusses four mechanisms of initiation and progression of …

Seepage-induced internal instability is a phenomenon whereby fine particles are
transported from a non-plastic soil. A distinction can readily be made between a washed-out …

Cohesionless granular matter subjected to internal flow can incur an internal erosion by
suffusion characterized by a migration of its finest constituting particles. A series of suffusion …

This paper reports on a series of laboratory hydraulic tests on a select range of granular
soils compacted at relative densities between 0% and 100%. The critical hydraulic gradient …

Internal erosion processes in earth structures and their foundations may increase the failure
risk of such structures. Suffusion, one of the main internal erosion processes, selectively …

The long-term large hydraulic head in flood season is the main cause of suffusion failure or
dam break, while the suffusion failure mechanism in this case has not been specially …

Suffusion is an important mechanism that leads to the failure of hydraulic structures such as
dams and levees. To evaluate the onset conditions, ie, the critical hydraulic gradient of the …