Therefore in this paper we will present the stability analysis carried out on the
Dwesat dam with vertical core, its high is 33m, the downstream slope of 1V:2.75H and the
upstream slope of 1V:3.0H. Thickness of the vertical core was varied from 1V:
0.25H to
1V:2.0H, and also present the effect of the varied thickness on slope stability for both
upstream and downstream under three design conditions i.e. during and end of
construction, steady state seepage and rapid draw down by General Limit Equilibrium
Method using GeoStudio software.
It was observed from the analysis that by varying the thickness of vertical core of
earth dam, thinner core up to 1V:1.30H gives more stability and further increase in
thickness of core tends to sharp decline in factor of safety for both upstream and
downstream slope under different design conditions.
