PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AT JATILUHUR DAM, INDONESIA

PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AT JATILUHUR DAM, INDONESIA

Jatiluhur dam is 105 m high and 1,220m long earth rockfill dam

experienced problems even during its construction. Settled by more than a meter after first filling.Very wide longitudinal cracks (about half kilometer long) appeared at the dam crest during construction stage in early 1965 when dam was partially built to El 103 m.Sherard and other dam experts reviewed the problem and recommended raising of the dam upto its design crest level of 114.5m Development of cracks was a recurring problem till ACE carried out remedial worksACE observed that the upstream slope of the dam, specially in the central highest reach experiences rapid movement on occasions when the reservoir level goes down below El. 90 m. s