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Dam Foundation Erosion Study: Pit 4 Scale Model Simulation

by R. J. Wittler,
S. R. Abt,
T. L. Lewis,
J. F. Ruff,
K. Adhya,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: North American Water and Environment Congress & Destructive Water

Abstract:

This paper describes the results of a sub task of the Dam Foundation Erosion Study, a cooperative research study by Reclamation, PG&E, Colorado State University, and Western Area Power Administration. Pit 4 Dam is located on the Pit River, in Shasta County, California, about 8 miles northwest of Burney, California. The dam, constructed in 1927, is a composite-type structure, with the right half being a spillway section and the left half a slab-and-buttress structure. This paper describes experiments simulating erosion in the foundation area of the slap portion of the Pit 4 dam. The experiments include collecting data on extents and temporal changes of erosion in the fbundation area of the simulated facility.

Subject Headings: Dam foundations | Simulation models | Scale models | Piping erosion | Wave overtopping | Erosion | Drop structures | California | United States

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