Mumbai University > Civil Engineering > Sem 7 > Irrigation Engineering

Marks: 6M

Year: Dec 2015, May 2016

The causes of failure of earth dam are as follows:

1. Hydraulic failures.
2. Seepage failures.
3. Structural failures.

Hydraulic failures:-

Hydraulic failure include the following :

a) Overtopping b) Wave erosion c) Toe erosion d) Gullying

• Overtopping: - The earth dam may get overtopped if the design flood is under-estimated, or if …