{"id":64,"date":"2015-02-03T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T23:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2015-05-11T09:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:19:53","slug":"rock-foundation-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/embankment-dams\/rock-foundation-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Foundation Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>These photos are of the rock foundation for Bad Creek Dam in North Carolina. The photos were taken during construction in 1988.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_901\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-901\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-901\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P01-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"This is view of the exposed bedrock on the right abutment of the dam. The people in the foreground are standing on compacted shell material. The rock of the foundation and abutments must be prepared before compacted soil can be placed against it, and the dam raised to its final elevation. The granitic gneiss rock has a very uneven surface due to weathering along joints and layering.\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P01-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P01-222x150.jpg 222w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P01-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P01.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is view of the exposed bedrock on the right abutment of the dam. The people in the foreground are standing on compacted shell material. The rock of the foundation and abutments must be prepared before compacted soil can be placed against it, and the dam raised to its final elevation. The granitic gneiss rock has a very uneven surface due to weathering along joints and layering.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_903\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-903\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P02-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"If fill was placed on this uneven rock surface, it would be impossible to achieve good compaction. There would be many paths through which water could seep, and many voids into which soil could be eroded at the base of the dam.\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P02-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P02-221x150.jpg 221w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P02-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P02.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If fill was placed on this uneven rock surface, it would be impossible to achieve good compaction. There would be many paths through which water could seep, and many voids into which soil could be eroded at the base of the dam.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_902\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-902\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-902\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P03-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Before placement and compaction of embankment fill, this uneven surface will be smoothed out by excavating some rock, and by filling the remaining holes with dental concrete, in the same way a dentist fills cavities in teeth.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P03-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Dam-Foundation-Preparation-P03.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before placement and compaction of embankment fill, this uneven surface will be smoothed out by excavating some rock, and by filling the remaining holes with dental concrete, in the same way a dentist fills cavities in teeth.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These photos are of the rock foundation for Bad Creek Dam in North Carolina. 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