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Main Title Spill alert device for earth dam failure warning
Author Koerner, Robert M. ; Lord, Jr, A. E.
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Author Title of a Work
Lord, Arthur E.
CORP Author Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/2-84/007; EPA-R-802511
Stock Number PB84-138189
OCLC Number 49039305
Additional Subjects Earth dams ; Failure ; Warning systems ; Acoustic signals ; Soil properties ; Wave propagation ; Monitors ; Data acquisition
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=60001B4X.PDF
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ELBD  EPA 600-2-84-007 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 02/22/2002
NTIS  PB84-138189 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xii, 118 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
A spill alert device for determining earth dam safety based on the monitoring of the acoustic emissions generated in a deforming soil mass was developed and field-tested. The acoustic emissions are related to the basic mechanisms from which soils derive their strength. Laboratory feasibility tests, conducted under widely varying conditions, have resulted in an instrument package consisting of a wave guide (an iron road projecting into the earth mass), a transducer (to convert the mechanical waves transmitted from the deforming soil into an electrical signal), an amplifier (to increase the signal level), and a counter (to quantify the signal). The resulting monitoring system has been field-tested at 19 sites and found to portray accurately the stability of the particular site in question.
Notes
Project officer: John E. Brugger. Grant no. R-802511. Photocopy.