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Advances in Rockfill Structures pp 523–570Cite as

Principles of Rockfill Hydraulics

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What should be understood by the term “rockfill hydraulics”?Obviously it is necessary to begin by defining “rockfill”. There is not, as is known, any single definition. It varies from author to author, varies according to the point of view and it has varied with technical evolution (meaning that today much smaller particles are considered as part of rockfill than was formerly the case).

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  1. Geotechnical Department, National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal

    E. Maranha das Neves

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Martins, R. (1991). Principles of Rockfill Hydraulics. In: das Neves, E.M. (eds) Advances in Rockfill Structures. NATO ASI Series, vol 200. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3206-0_17

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