Comments of the author of the list are presented in italics.
Some others of note:
- Casagrande, A. (1961), “Control of Seepage through Foundations and Abutment of Dam.” First Rankine Lecture, Geotechnique vol.11, no. 3,
pp 159-182. Discussion of all-important foundation preparation.
- Houlsby, A.C. (1977), "Engineering of Grout Curtains to Standards," Journal of the Geotechnical Division, Proceedings of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Vol. 103, No. GT9, pp. 953-970. One of relatively few good references I've seen on practice of foundation grouting.
- Lowe, J. III (1982), "Contributions of the Tarbela Dam Project to Hydro-Project Design," Second Annual USCOLD Lecture, Atlanta, Georgia.
Design of a large dam with significant foundation issues.
- Peck, R.B. (1988), "The Place of Stability Analysis in Evaluating the Safety of Existing Embankment Dams," Civil Engineering Practice, Fall 1988,
pp. 67-80. Everybody does stability analysis. Why? Because we can, and it makes us feel like we are analyzing the dam against standards that
make us comfortable. But what does it mean?
- Seed, H.B., F.I. Makdisi, and P. de Alba (1978), "Performance of Earth Dams During Earthquakes," Journal of the Geotechnical Division,
Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 104, No. GT7, pp. 967-994. Lessons from a comprehensive survey of the case
histories available at that time.
- Sherard, J.L. (1987), "Lessons from the Teton Dam Failure," Engineering Geology, vol. 24, pp. 239-256 and discussions that follow. Along with
South Fork Dam (the Johnstown flood of 1889), one of the two best known failures in America, and the one with the most lessons for embankment
designers.
- Sherard, J.L. and J.B. Cooke (1987), "Concrete Face Rockfill Dam: I. Assessment," ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 113, No.10,
pp. 1096-1112, and Cooke, J.B. and J.L. Sherard (1987), "Concrete-Face Rockfill Dam: II. Design," ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering,
Vol. 113, No.10, pp. 1113-1132. Very good summary of CFRDs. Some of it would be helpful for other rockfill dams.
- Sherard, J.L. and L.P. Dunnigan, (1989), “Critical Filters for Impervious Soils," ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 115, No. 7, pp.
927-947. This is the work that USBR design standard is based on, and is widely accepted in practice.
- Terzaghi, C., (1929), "The Effects of Minor Geologic Details on the Safety of Dams," Transactions, American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, 215, pp. 31-44. a.k.a. Terzaghi, K.
- Terzaghi, K. and Y. LaCroix (1964), "Mission Dam: An earth and rockfill dam on a highly compressible foundation," Geotechnique, vol. 14, no.
1, pp. 14-50. Fascinating case history of a dam constructed under very difficult conditions on a very difficult foundation.
Some others of note:
- Marcuson, W.F. III, P.F. Hadala, and R.H. Ledbetter (1996), "Seismic Rehabilitation of Earth Dams,", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering,
Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 7-20.
- Duncan, J.M., S. Wright, and K.S. Wong (1988), "Slope Stability During Rapid Drawdown", H.B. Seed Memorial Volume, pp. 253-272.
- Lawton, G.M. and M.P. Forrest, "Risk in Geotechnical Engineering for Embankment Dams," Proceedings, Uncertainty in the Geologic
Environment: From Theory to Practice, C.D. Shackleford and M.S.J. Roth, eds., ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 58.
- Wahler, W.A. (1975), "Judgment in Dam Design," Proc. Responsibility and Liability of Public and Private Interests on Dams, ASCE.
- Middlebrooks, T.A. (1952), "Progress in Earth-Dam Design and Construction in the United States," Civil Engineering, September 1952.
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