SYNOPSIS

This short course presents the design and construction of Modern CFRD (Concrete Face Rockfill Dam). The topics in the course is inclusive of:

1. Introduction
   • Dam types of rockfill dam
   • Basic description of CFRD
   • Advantages of CFRD

2. Developing history of CFRD
   • Characteristics of modern CFRD
   • Typical CFRD projects in the world

3. CFRD design
   • General layout
   • Construction materials
   • Section zoning
   • Joint system and waterstop structure
   • Numerical analysis
   • Modeling test  

4. Construction technologies
   • Foundation treatment
   • Plinth construction
   • Rockfill compaction
   • Construction of transition zone
   • Face slabs construction
   • Construction of upstream earth fill

5. CFRD upon earthquake
   • Case investigation: Zipingpu CFRD
   • Failure mode of CFRD
   • Dynamic analysis method

6. Challenges of high CFRD construction
   • Performance of recent high CFRD projects
   • CFRD built upon severe conditions
   • Analysis on the mechanism of the damages of high CFRD

7. Innovations and developing trends for the future
   • Traditional concepts of CFRD construction
   • Recommendations on high CFRD construction
   • Principles on integrated deformation control and coordination


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Prof. Dr Zeping Xu, is a professor and senior engineer of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. He graduated in Engineering Mechanics from Hohai University, China, in 1984, and then completed post-graduate course in Geotechnical Engineering and got PhD degree in China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR). He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of dam engineering, especially in rockfill dam engineering, working as researcher, dam engineer and engineering consultant. He is the chairman for the Technical Committee on Embankment and dams (TC210) of International Society for Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), deputy secretary general of Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD) and vice director of the technical committee of CFRD in China. He is also ICOLD technical committee member on dam safety and capacity building.  Dr Xu mainly focuses on the studies of rockfill dam engineering, numerical analysis of geotechnical engineering, geotechnical testing, centrifuge modeling and assessment of dam safety. He has been keynote speaker of several international conferences and symposiums. He is the general reporter of Question 98 of the 25th ICOLD conference (Stavanger, Norway, 2015).