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RESEARCH ARTICLE Kun XIONG, Yunlong HE, Yunfeng PENG Adaptability to geological faulted foundation of Hardfill dam E  Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag 2008 Abstract  Hardfill dam is a new type of dam which has the advantages of low stress level and even stress distri- bution in a dam body, resulting in low demands to foun- dations. Based on 2D linear elastic and elasto-plastic calculations of gravity dam and Hardfill dam using finite element method (FEM), the stress distribution in a dam body and anti-sliding stabilization is analyzed on the geo- logical faulted foundations with weak weathered rock and soft interlayers. It is concluded that Hardfill dams have better adaptability to geological faulted foundations than gravity dams and is more secure and economically sound. Keywords  Hardfill dam, geological fault, dam founda- tion, weak weathered rock, soft interlayer 1 Introduction It has been proven in practice that there are always vary- ing degrees of defects in natural foundations. With hydro- power development, favorable geological conditions for dams have been almost exhausted and the others that remain usually have many problems, such as strong weathered rock, soft zone, fault zone, etc. Therefore, the geologically faulted foundation’s impact on the safety of the dam has been given more attention by hydraulic engi- neers. Usually, in order to satisfy the demands of the dam on the foundation, some reinforcements have to be made. When the flaws are on the surface, including weak weath- ered rock, joints and soft interlayer, only a certain degree of excavation can easily acquire a reliable and economical effect; but when these defects are buried deep, it is clearly not economical to cope with them by just relaying on excavation. And measures such as consolidation grouting, curtain grouting and anchor bolts are combined with it. Moreover, in some cases, although the condition of foundation is good enough to build a dam, conservative design and engineering measures are still adopted due t the uncertain security. Thus, if it is able to have an accur ate estimate on the stabilization of dam foundation, th security and economic rationality can be obtained at th same time. The idea of Hardfill material and Hardfill dam was pu forward by Raphael [1] and Londe et al. [2]. The Hardfi material is produced by adding water and a small quantit of cement into river-bed sand and gravel or excavation waste which can be obtained easily near the dam site And the Hardfill dam is constructed using Hardfill mater ial. Fromthe 1990s, the ideahas been carried out widely i Japan. The cemented sand & gravel (CSG) damming tech nology has been developed, applied and promoted [3]. As a new recommended type of dam, the prominen advantage of the Hardfill dam is low stress level in dam body, resulting in low demand on foundations [4,5]. O the face of a geologically faulted foundation, if th Hardfill dam can also have a high level of safety, littl to no reinforcing measures are needed and thereby cos is reduced. Meanwhile, with a shape intermediate between gravit dam and concrete faced rockfill dam (CFRD), the struc ture of Hardfill dam is more like that of CFRD. The eart and rockfill dam have good adaptability to various foun dations because of its local material for dam construction However, for little cement content in Hardfill material, i is obvious that the modulus of elasticity of Hardfill mater ial is much smaller than common concrete, but still much larger than rockfill. Thus, the adaptability to foundation of Hardfill dam must not be as good as that of the earth and rockfill dam. Compared with CFRD, the grea advantages of Hardfill dam are erosion resistance of th dam material, the spillway is set on the dam body and th low construction cost [6,7]. Therefore, only the gravit dam is chosen to compare with the Hardfill dam in thi paper. Based on 2D linear elastic and elasto-plastic calcu lations of gravity dam and Hardfill dam with FEM, th stress distribution in dam body and anti-sliding stabiliza tion are analyzed on the geologically faulted foundation with weak weathered rock and soft interlayer Consequently, the adaptability to geologically faulte foundation of Hardfill dam is studied. Received December 14, 2007; accepted September 9, 2008 Kun XIONG, Yunlong HE (*), Yunfeng PENG State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China E-mail: [email protected] Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China 2008, 2(4): 343–349 DOI 10.1007/s11709-008-0057-z

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  • RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Kun XIONG, Yunlong HE, Yunfeng PENG

    Adaptability to geological faulted foundation of Hardfill dam

    E Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag 2008

    Abstract Hardfill dam is a new type of dam which has

    the advantages of low stress level and even stress distri-

    bution in a dam body, resulting in low demands to foun-

    dations. Based on 2D linear elastic and elasto-plastic

    calculations of gravity dam and Hardfill dam using finite

    element method (FEM), the stress distribution in a dam

    body and anti-sliding stabilization is analyzed on the geo-

    logical faulted foundations with weak weathered rock and

    soft interlayers. It is concluded that Hardfill dams have

    better adaptability to geological faulted foundations than

    gravity dams and is more secure and economically sound.

    Keywords Hardfill dam, geological fault, dam founda-

    tion, weak weathered rock, soft interlayer

    1 Introduction

    It has been proven in practice that there are always vary-

    ing degrees of defects in natural foundations. With hydro-

    power development, favorable geological conditions for

    dams have been almost exhausted and the others that

    remain usually have many problems, such as strong

    weathered rock, soft zone, fault zone, etc. Therefore, the

    geologically faulted foundations impact on the safety of

    the dam has been given more attention by hydraulic engi-

    neers. Usually, in order to satisfy the demands of the dam

    on the foundation, some reinforcements have to be made.

    When the flaws are on the surface, including weak weath-

    ered rock, joints and soft interlayer, only a certain degree

    of excavation can easily acquire a reliable and economical

    effect; but when these defects are buried deep, it is clearly

    not economical to cope with them by just relaying on

    excavation. And measures such as consolidation grouting,

    curtain grouting and anchor bolts are combined with it.

    Moreover, in some cases, although the condition of

    foundation is good enough to build a dam, conservative

    design and engineering measures are still adopted due to

    the uncertain security. Thus, if it is able to have an accur-

    ate estimate on the stabilization of dam foundation, the

    security and economic rationality can be obtained at the

    same time.

    The idea of Hardfill material and Hardfill dam was put

    forward by Raphael [1] and Londe et al. [2]. The Hardfill

    material is produced by adding water and a small quantityof cement into river-bed sand and gravel or excavation

    waste which can be obtained easily near the dam site.

    And the Hardfill dam is constructed using Hardfill mater-

    ial. From the 1990s, the idea has been carried out widely in

    Japan. The cemented sand & gravel (CSG) damming tech-

    nology has been developed, applied and promoted [3].

    As a new recommended type of dam, the prominent

    advantage of the Hardfill dam is low stress level in dam

    body, resulting in low demand on foundations [4,5]. Onthe face of a geologically faulted foundation, if the

    Hardfill dam can also have a high level of safety, little

    to no reinforcing measures are needed and thereby cost

    is reduced.

    Meanwhile, with a shape intermediate between gravity

    dam and concrete faced rockfill dam (CFRD), the struc-

    ture of Hardfill dam is more like that of CFRD. The earth

    and rockfill dam have good adaptability to various foun-dations because of its local material for dam construction.

    However, for little cement content in Hardfill material, it

    is obvious that the modulus of elasticity of Hardfill mater-

    ial is much smaller than common concrete, but still much

    larger than rockfill. Thus, the adaptability to foundations

    of Hardfill dam must not be as good as that of the earth

    and rockfill dam. Compared with CFRD, the great

    advantages of Hardfill dam are erosion resistance of thedam material, the spillway is set on the dam body and the

    low construction cost [6,7]. Therefore, only the gravity

    dam is chosen to compare with the Hardfill dam in this

    paper. Based on 2D linear elastic and elasto-plastic calcu-

    lations of gravity dam and Hardfill dam with FEM, the

    stress distribution in dam body and anti-sliding stabiliza-

    tion are analyzed on the geologically faulted foundations

    with weak weathered rock and soft interlayers.Consequently, the adaptability to geologically faulted

    foundation of Hardfill dam is studied.

    Received December 14, 2007; accepted September 9, 2008

    Kun XIONG, Yunlong HE (*), Yunfeng PENGState Key Laboratory of Water Resources and HydropowerEngineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaE-mail: [email protected]

    Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China 2008, 2(4): 343349DOI 10.1007/s11709-008-0057-z

  • 2 Characteristics of Hardfill material andHardfill dam

    2.1 Characteristics of Hardfill dam

    The typical profile shown in Fig. 1 reflects the character-

    istics of Hardfill dam, which is symmetrical trapezoid-

    shaped or approximately symmetrical. The shape of the

    dam body is intermediate between gravity dam and

    CFRD, and the dam slope can be determined from some

    facts of the specific project, such as foundation condi-

    tions, height of dam, performance of the filling material,

    etc. The range of slope is commonly from 1:0.5 to 1:0.8.

    The impervious concrete facing upstream acts as an

    impervious barrier like CFRD. The spillway can be placed

    on the dam body and water can flow over during the

    construction period.

    2.2 Mechanical properties of Hardfill material

    The mechanical behavior will change along with the ag-

    gregate gradation, the quantity of cement, and unitage ofwater. In Ref. [8], the mechanical properties of Hardfill

    material was tested. The main aggregate is river-bed sand

    and gravel or excavation waste. Based on the results, the

    typical stress-strain relationship is shown in Fig. 2, which

    indicates that the Hardfill is a type of elastic-plastic mater-

    ial. In the design the Hardfill dam is considered as elastic

    mass and the design compressive strength is taken accord-

    ing to the elastic range strength, not the peak strength.

    Table 1 lists the mechanical properties of three Hardfill

    material specimens, of which the unit quantity of cement

    is 60 kg/m3 and aged for 91 days. Because the unitage of

    water is changed, the values of the properties given in this

    table have a scope. It is obvious that the modulus of elasti-

    city of Hardfill material is much smaller than common

    concrete because of little cement content. But the modulus

    of elasticity is still much larger than rockfills. Like the

    modulus of elasticity, other mechanical properties are also

    intermediate between concrete and rockfills. And accord-

    ing to Refs. [8,9], the strength and elasticity modulus were

    improved with the increase in cement content.

    3 Adaptability to foundation with weakweathered rock

    Weak weathered rock is the most common defect in dam

    foundations. Weathering induces transformation of the

    rocks physical properties and the strength of the rock is

    greatly reduced. In the past, due to the hope of placing the

    dam on considerably fresh and integrated bedrock, the

    entire weathered rock would be removed. This will not

    only increase the amount of excavation and backfilling

    concrete to increase the investment and prolong the con-

    struction period, but also enlarge the area of water pres-

    sure. Whats more, excessive excavation will bring the

    fresh rocks stress relaxation owing to unloading. And

    weathering damage occurs. Sometimes digging too deep

    will worsen the stress state of the dam because of the large

    stiffness of bedrock [10].

    It is pointed out in Design Specification for Concrete

    Gravity Dams (SL3192005) that, in principle, after cer-

    tain reinforcements, the amount of excavation should be

    reduced if the requirements for the dams strength and

    stability are met. Through a great amount of engineering

    practice and theoretical research, some experiences have

    been gained in the use of weathered rock in dam founda-

    tion [11]. For example, the lower weathered rock has been

    partly used in Three Gorges Dam; in Er Tan project, the

    lower weathered rock has been directly used, the mid

    weathered rock has been used entirely after proper dis-

    posal and the upper weathered rock has been partly used

    after proper disposal.

    3.1 Comparison of different dam base levels

    Because of the trapezoid shape, the weight of Hardfill dam

    increases by about 80% of that of gravity dam while thearea of the base increases by about 80%. As the upstreamslope results in more weight of water, the anti-sliding res-

    istance greatly increases. Hence, the amount of excavation

    Fig. 1 Typical profile of Hardfill dam

    Fig. 2 Typical stress-strain curve of Hardfill material

    344 Kun XIONG, et al.

  • will be reduced effectively to build a Hardfill dam rather

    than a gravity dam on the foundation with weak weath-

    ered rock of certain depth to achieve the economic and

    security purposes.

    Set up a favorable foundation without important faults

    and fissures, but with some weak weathered rocks of cer-

    tain depth which include the upper layer and the lower

    layer of same thickness of 1 m. The material parameters

    are listed in Table 2. The dam base level can be chosen on

    the surface of upper weak weathered rock, the surface of

    lower weak weathered rock or the surface of slightly

    weathered rock, as shown in Fig. 3.

    In the calculating with FEM, the height of the Hardfill

    dam is 70 m and the crest width is 8 m, so is the gravity

    dam. The calculation domain of the foundation extends

    by 1.5 times the height of the dam in the upstream, down-

    stream and the depth, and the boundaries of the founda-

    tion are all constrained normally. Four-node isopara-

    metric element is used.

    Compared with gravity dam with a downstream slope

    of 0.8, the upstream and downstream dam slope of

    Hardfill dam are all 1:0.7. In analysis, the loads contain

    the deadweight of the dam, water pressure on the

    upstream face and the foundation uplift pressure. The

    water level is 66 m upstream, and 0 downstream. It is

    assumed that the uplift pressure to upstream water pres-

    sure is 1/2 in the drain hole and water-tight diaphragm.

    The uplift pressure is 0 at the toe of the dam and its

    distribution is linear along the dam base. The material

    parameters of the dam are also listed in Table 2.

    Assuming seepage demands can be met at every base

    level, the result of calculation shows that the demands of

    deformation and compressed stress are also satisfied both

    for gravity dam andHardfill dam. As no crucial faults and

    fissures exist, the anti-sliding along the base level is themain problem. According to the criterion, the shear for-

    mula is chosen to calculate the safety factors. The mean

    normal stress and shear stress of each element in the worst

    sliding surface can be obtained with FEM first, and then

    the anti-sliding safety factor is calculated with stress

    algebraic sum method in term of Eq. (1)

    K 0~(Pn

    i~1

    siDli)f0z(

    Pn

    i~1

    Dli)c0

    Pn

    i~1

    tiDli

    , 1

    where si, ti are the normal stress and shear stress of ele-ment i on sliding surface respectively, Dli is the length ofelement i on sliding surface.

    Table 3 shows the anti-sliding safety factors. According

    to the criterion in Ref. [12], the safety factor should be

    greater than or equal to 3.0 at the basic load combination,

    regardless of the project grade. The result shows that, on

    the same foundation, the anti-sliding safety factors of

    70 m Hardfill dam is about 100% higher than gravitydam with the same height. During the construction of

    gravity dam, if the dam is built on the surface of weakweathered rock, the safety factors are all less than 3.0,

    which cannot guarantee its stability against sliding. And

    the only choice is to build the dam on the surface of

    slightly weathered rock, or use consolidation grouting to

    reduce the excavation. For Hardfill dam, the stability

    requirement can be met comfortably even if the dam is

    built on the surface of upper weak weathered rock.

    Consequently, the excavation is reduced effectively so asto obtain economic benefits.

    Table 1 Mechanical properties of Hardfill material

    Hardfill material elasticity modulus/GPa compressive strength/MPa tensile stength/MPa

    river-bed sand gravel 1 2.05.0 1.54.0 0.30.8

    excavation waste 1.02.0 1.02.0 0.60.7

    river-bed sand gravel 2 1.02.0 2.05.5 0.40.7

    Table 2 Material properties for 2D linear elastic analysis

    item elasticity

    modulus/GPa

    Poissons

    ratio

    unit mass/

    kg?m23

    upper weak weathered rock 6 0.250 2000

    lower weak weathered rock 8 0.250 2000

    slightly weathered rock 10 0.250 2000

    concrete 20 0.167 2400

    Hardfill 2 0.200 2200

    Fig. 3 Sketch map of choices of dam base level

    Table 3 Anti-sliding safety factors according to three base levels

    dam base level c9/MPa f9 K

    gravity dam Hardfill

    dam

    surface of upper weak

    weathered rock

    0.3 0.7 1.98 4.44

    surface of lower weak

    weathered rock

    0.5 0.8 2.65 5.87

    surface of slightly weathered

    rock

    0.7 0.9 4.39 8.95

    Adaptability to geological faulted foundation of Hardfill dam 345

  • 3.2 Hardfill dam on weak weathered foundations with

    different thickness and intensity

    In the above, the stability of different dam base levels is

    contrastingly analyzed for gravity dam and Hardfill dam

    on weak weathered foundation with certain thickness. The

    adaptability of Hardfill dam is obviously better than grav-

    ity dam. But in fact the thickness and intensity of weak

    weathered rock varies in the foundation. In the following,

    using different thickness and strength of the weak weath-

    ered rock foundation, the adaptability of Hardfill dam is

    analyzed. The model of FEM is the same as above; how-

    ever, the upper and lower weak weathered rocks are com-

    bined to one layer with the thickness varying from 1 m to

    20 m, the modulus of elasticity varies from 1 GPa to 8

    GPa. Other parameters are the same as that in Table 2.

    The result of FEM shows that, in each case of weak

    weathered foundation with different thickness and intens-

    ity, the stress distribution is quite even in the Hardfill dam.

    The vertical normal stress is compressive stress and no

    tensile stress occurs. Figures 4 and 5 show the curve of

    s1max and s3min against the weathered rocks thicknessand intensity. If the calculation result is a positive value,

    it means the stress is tensile, and vice versa.

    In any case, s1max of the dam body always appears atthe dam heel. From Fig. 4, no matter what the thickness

    is, s1max always increases along with the increase of therocks modulus of elasticity. During the case when the

    thickness is 1 m and the elasticity modulus is 8 GPa,

    s1max achieves its maximum value. Contrast to Table 1,even in this case, the maximum still does not exceed the

    design tensile strength of Hardfill material. In any case,

    s3min of the dam body always appears in the middle of thedam bottom. From Fig. 5, no matter what the thickness

    is, s3min almost does not change. The minimum of s3min is

    21.14 MPa. And contrast to Table 1, this value also doesnot exceed the design compressive strength of Hardfillmaterial. Besides, the design compressive strength is taken

    according to the elastic range strength, not the peak

    strength, which hides some reserved strength.

    Therefore, the trapezoid-shaped Hardfill dam has less

    demands than gravity dam on weak weathered founda-

    tion. In every case in this paper, the stress extremum of

    dam body always remains in the range of design strength

    of Hardfill material. The adaptability of Hardfill dam toweak weathered foundation is favorable.

    4 Adaptability to foundation with softinterlayers

    The unfavorable soft interlayer is also a common geo-logical defect in foundations, which is usually the crucial

    problem to the safety of the dam base. Therefore, in the

    design of dams, it is not only needed to check the stability

    against sliding along the base level, but also to verify the

    possibility of the sliding along soft layers. Usually, there

    are two types of the distribution, including single sliding

    surface and double sliding surfaces. In this paper, the

    foundation contains two soft interlayers.

    4.1 Elasto-plastic model of foundation with soft interlayers

    Set up a foundation containing two adverse soft inter-

    layers, and the gravity dam and Hardfill dam of the same

    height will be built on this base. In the 2D elasto-plastic

    analysis with FEM, the dam structure, load conditions

    and boundary conditions are the same as the example

    above. The FEM mesh is shown in Fig. 6 and materialparameters are listed in Table 4.

    The material properties are shown in Table 4. The con-

    stitutive model is elasto-plastic and the yielding criterion

    adopts Drucker-Prager criterion:

    f~aI1zJ1=22 {H~0, 2

    where I1 is the first invariant, J2 is the second stress devi-

    ator invariant. And

    a~2 sin Q

    3

    p3{ sin Q , 3

    H~6c cos Q3

    p3{ sin Q , 4

    where c is the cohesion,Q is the friction angle.

    4.2 Comparison of different stress distributions

    Figures 7 and 8 show the distribution of principal stress

    s1, s3 of gravity dam and Hardfill dam respectively. If the

    Fig. 4 s1max against weathered rocks thickness and intensity

    Fig. 5 s3min against weathered rocks thickness and intensity

    346 Kun XIONG, et al.

  • Fig. 6 FEM mesh(a) Gravity dam; (b) Hardfill dam

    Table 4 Material properties for 2D elasto-plastic analysis

    item modulus of elasticity/GPa Poissons ratio unit mass/kg?m23 c/kPa Q/(u)

    foundation 10 0.250 2000 700 42

    concrete 20 0.167 2400 1 100 50

    Hardfill 2 0.200 2200 500 45

    soft interlayers 0.5 0.350 2000 20 30

    Fig. 7 Distribution of principal stress s1/MPa

    Fig. 8 Distribution of principal stress s3/MPa

    Adaptability to geological faulted foundation of Hardfill dam 347

  • calculation result is a positive value, it means the stress is

    tensile, vice versa.

    From Fig. 7, the stress distribution of Hardfill dam is

    more even. Especially in the position close to the base

    level, the stress varied largely in gravity dam while the

    stress almost does not change along the flow direction in

    Hardfill dam, where the contour is nearly horizontal.

    Shown in Fig. 8, the principal stress s3 is also distributedhorizontally in Hardfill dam and does not show stress

    concentrations which exist at the toe in gravity dam.

    Table 5 shows the comparison of maximum stresses of

    the dam body on the foundation with soft interlayers. The

    maximum of principal stress s1 in Hardfill dam is com-pressive, which means that no tensile stress exists on the

    whole profile. And the minimum of the principal stress s3is about 50% and the maximum of the horizontal shearstress t in Hardfill dam is nearly 37% of that in gravitydam. Obviously, the stress level has been reduced largely.

    4.3 Comparison of anti-sliding safety

    The overloading analysis is made to explore the integer

    safety factors using the method of overloading the water

    density [13]. And the integral safety of the dam is esti-

    mated synthetically by the convergence of interactive pro-

    cess and extending through of the plastic zone.

    Figures 9(a) and 10(a) show the distribution of the plas-

    tic zone of gravity dam andHardfill damwith geologically

    faulted foundation. The subscript 1 of K means before

    reinforcement and 2 means after reinforcement. From

    Fig. 9(a) of gravity dam, the plastic zone appears along

    soft interlayers and almost links through when K is equal

    to 1.0. As the overload factor is 1.9, the plastic zones along

    the soft interlayers link through completely. On the same

    foundation, there is also an area of plastic zone in the heel,

    which is shown in Fig. 10(a). As the overload factor is 3.9,

    the plastic zones just link through completely.

    The overloading analysis is conducted again after

    grouting and the soft interlayers are enhanced

    (c5 0.5 MPa, Q5 40u). When the overload factor is 1.0,there is no plastic zone in the gravity dam and the Hardfill

    dam. Figures 9(b) and 10 (b) show the distribution of

    plastic zone at the unstable period after reinforcement.

    Due to the reinforcement, the integer safety factors have

    been improved largely. When the dam is unstable, the

    plastic zones extend through along the base of the gravity

    dam and the Hardfill dam. There is also a great area of

    plastic zone at the heel because of great water pressure.

    The anti-sliding safety factors along the base level and

    the soft interlayers are calculated separately according to

    Eq. (1) and

    K~

    1

    2cH0H0

    1

    2c0H0H0

    ~c

    c0~Kc, 5

    where Kc is the over loading factor of the unit weight.

    Table 6 shows the anti-sliding safety factors of the grav-

    ity dam and the Hardfill dam with stress algebraic sum

    method and overload method in the condition of natural

    Table 5 Comparison of dam stresses/MPa

    type of dam dam body

    s1 s3 t

    gravity dam 0.01 22.32 0.95

    Hardfill dam 20.01 21.17 0.35

    Fig. 9 Distribution of plastic zone of gravity dam(a) K15 1.0; (b) K15 1.9; (c) K25 3.3

    Fig. 10 Distribution of plastic zone of Hardfill dam(a) K15 1.0; (b) K15 3.9; (c) K25 5.8

    348 Kun XIONG, et al.

  • faulted foundation and reinforced foundation respect-

    ively.

    On the natural faulted foundation, the anti-sliding

    safety factors along the base level are all above 3.0, sat-

    isfying the demand of the criterion. But the anti-sliding

    safety factor along the soft interlayers and the integer

    safety factor of gravity dam are quite low. After some

    reinforcements, the anti-sliding safety factor along the

    soft interlayers is barely 3.12, which just meets the demand

    of the criterion. To the Harfill dam before reinforcements,

    the anti-sliding safety factor along the soft interlayers is

    2.34 and the integer safety factor is already 3.9, which is

    close to the usual control safety in the design. In fact, this

    means that nearly no reinforcement is needed. Even if the

    same reinforcements are applied, the safety factors of

    Hardfill dam improve more. All of these reflect that

    Hardfill dam has good adaptability to the foundation

    with soft interlayers and simultaneously achieve security

    and economic objectives.

    5 Conclusions

    Hardfill dam is a new type of dam which has some unique

    advantages due to the even and low stress level. Based on

    FEM, the adaptability to geologically faulted foundation

    of Hardfill dam is studied. Some conclusions are drawn as

    follows:

    1) On the foundation with weak weathered rock of cer-

    tain depth, it can reduce the amount of excavation effec-

    tively and satisfy the demand of anti-sliding comfortably

    to build a Hardfill dam rather than a gravity dam. The

    purposes of economy and security can be achieved at the

    same time.

    2) In each case of weak weathered foundation with dif-

    ferent thickness and intensity in certain scope, the stress

    distribution is quite even in the Hardfill dam. The vertical

    normal stress is compressive stress and no tensile stress

    occurs. The stress extremum of dam body always remains

    in the range of design strength of Hardfill material.

    3) On the foundation with two soft interlayers, the dis-

    tribution of stress is quite even and the stress level is rather

    low in the body of the Hardfill dam. The anti-sliding

    safety factors along the base level and soft interlayers

    and the integer safety factor are about twice those of the

    gravity dam. Compared with gravity dam, little to no

    reinforcement is needed to build a Hardfill dam on this

    type of foundation.4) It is shown that the Hardfill dam has a better adapt-

    ability to geologically faulted foundation with weak

    weathered rock and soft interlayers of the types in this

    paper.

    Acknowledgements This study was supported by the National NaturalScience Foundation of China (Grant No. 50679058).

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    Table 6 Safety factors with three methods

    before reinforcement after reinforcement

    gravity dam Hardfill dam gravity dam Hardfill dam

    along base level 3.12 7.81 3.10 7.60

    along soft interlayer 1.47 2.34 3.12 6.16

    integer safety factor 1.90 3.90 3.30 5.80

    Adaptability to geological faulted foundation of Hardfill dam 349

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