DESIGN OF SMALL DAMS CH. 7

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT MUST OCCUR BEFORE A ROCKFILL DAM CAN PROVE TO BE ECONOMICAL

Answer 1

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 2

DOES UPLIFT PRESSURES AND EROSION CAUSED BY SEEPAGE THROUGH A ROCKFILL DAM GENERALLY CAUSE PROBLEMS

Answer 2

NO ROCKFILL MATERIALS DO NOT GENERALLY CONSTITUTE SIGNIFICANT DESIGN PROBLEMS

Question 3

NAME MATERIALS THAT ARE USED AS IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL IN A ROCKFILL DAM

Answer 3

-STEEL
-WOOD
-CONCRETE
-EARTH MATERIAL

Question 4

2 ADVANTAGES OF USING AN INTERNAL MEMBRANE IN A ROCKFILL DAM ARE SHORTER GROUT CURTAIN LENGTHS AND LESS TOTAL AREA EXPOSED TO WATER

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

BED ROCK FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE SOFT AND EROSION RESISTANT ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR A ROCKFILL DAM

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

LIMITED SETTLEMENT IS CRITICAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROCK FILL DAMS BECAUSE EXCESSIVE SETTLEMENT MAY RUPTURE THE UPSTREAM MEMBRANE OR CAUSE JOINT SEPARATION WITH SUBSEQUENT WATER LOSS

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

NAME SOME ADVANTAGES OF ASPHALTIC CONCRETE

Answer 7

ALL OF THE ABOVE