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SMALL DAMS PETITS BARRAGES

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and suffusion or internal instability, which may occur in gap-graded materials<br />

where the soil fabric is such that small particles can be eroded out between<br />

larger particles.<br />

In any case, internal erosion is due to non controlled seepage through the embankment,<br />

through the foundation or at a transition between the embankment (or foundation) and a rigid<br />

structure (spillway, bottom outlet, etc).<br />

Illustrations are given with the following pictures.<br />

Fig. 3.6 - Cavern in the dam body as a result of wooden bottom outlet decay and internal<br />

erosion (Czech Republic)<br />

Fig. 3.7 – A sinkhole above failed bottom outlet concrete pipes, in a small dam.<br />

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