Research Article

Exploring the Occurrence of Clogging in Highly Permeable Coarse Soils of Dam Foundations

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Mass percentage of clogging particles in four layers and loss in the collection column in six groups of soil media samples. (a) Soil media PSs of 32–64 mm. (b) Soil media PSs of 16–32 mm. (c) Soil media PSs of 8–16 mm. (d) Soil media PSs of 4–8 mm. (e) Soil media PSs of 2–4 mm. (f) Soil media PSs of 1–2 mm. (g) Soil media PSs of 0.5–1 mm. ; mi is the mass of the incoming particles of some size in layer I, kg; m0 is the total mass of incoming particles of some size, kg; ; and mm is the mass of incoming particles of some size in the collection column, kg.
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