Failure Causes of and Improvement Measures for Water Collecting Gallery of Water-filled Rubber Dam on Sandy Soil River
Water-filled rubber dams have seen widespread use while the failures of their water collection gallery are also gradually increasing.This study examines the failure causes of the water collecting gallery of water-filled rubber dam on sandy soil river and offers improvement measures.Additionally,taking the water environment improvement project at No.3 weir of Changhe River in Taihu County as a case study,we present a design of adding an inclined anti-filter inlet pipe to the existing sand-free concrete water collecting gallery,and verify the feasibility and reliability of this improved structure through seepage calculation.The findings provide references for similar projects.