Experimental Centrifuge Study of the Effects of Valley Topography on the Behavior of a Concrete Face Rockfill Dam

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Partition material</td><td class="align_center">Dry density (kg m<sup>−3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Maximum particle diameter (mm)</td><td class="align_center">Median diameter (mm)</td><td class="align_center">Nonuniform coefficient <i>C</i><sub><i>u</i></sub></td><td class="align_center">Curvature coefficient <i>C</i><sub><i>c</i></sub></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rockfill</td><td class="align_center">1,850–2,005</td><td class="align_center">20</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">33.66</td><td class="align_center">8.25</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Material parameters of dam zones used in the experimental model of the concrete face rockfill dam.</div>

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Table 1: Experimental Centrifuge Study of the Effects of Valley Topography on the Behavior of a Concrete Face Rockfill Dam 