Tutorial 17 - Multi-Stage Rapid Drawdown

This tutorial demonstrates three different methods of multi-stage rapid drawdown analysis, to assess the stability of earth dams subjected to rapid drawdown of the water level. The rapid drawdown methods include:

• Duncan, Wright and Wong

• Lowe and Karafiath

• Army Corps of Engineers

Multi-Stage Rapid Drawdown (click to view PDF file of tutorial)

Topics Covered in This Tutorial

Rapid drawdown model showing initial and final water tables