"Investigating the design features of CSG dams"

Due to the growing human need for dam construction, as well as the progress and development of this industry, engineers are always trying to move towards the two factors of reducing costs and protecting the environment.CSG trapezoidal dams are a new type of dam that has been used extensively in countries in recent years.Cement, sand and gravel are used in dam bodies presenting properties between concrete dams and earth dams.The raw materials used in these dams include riverbed sand, drilling debris and aerated rocks, and so on.Indicating that the choice of aggregates among these materials is not very strict and there is no need for grain sorting equipment.As a result, it not only reduces resource and environmental degradation, but also reduces operating costs.Distinctive features of this type of dam are "design rationalization", "material rationalization" and " construction rationalization".The specialized design of these dams is a combination of finite element design and dynamic analysis method.Because these two methods can simultaneously provide a direct and reasoned assessment of external and internal stability.In this research, the design parameters of the dam with CSG materials have been presented.