Failure of the Downstream Shoulder of Rockfill Dams Due to Overtopping or Throughflow

New paper on the failure of rockfill dams due to overtopping or throughflow, summarizing an extensive laboratory set of 114 physical models with heights ranging between 0.2 to 1 m. Interesting and provocative role of the downstream slope as steep dams were on average more resistant to catastrophic failure than dams with gentle slopes https://mdpi.com/1637360 #mdpiwater Thanks to Water MDPI, Miguel Ángel Toledo Municio, Rafael Morán, Luis Balairón, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and CEDEX – Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas

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