Ali Aajami - Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Birol Kaya - Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

The cracks formed in the core in the earthfill dams lead to the formation of internal erosion and piping due to the pressure created by the water in the dam reservoir and can lead to the results until the failure of the dam. These cracks can consist of arching, hydraulic cracking, tectonic movement and different settlement events. In this paper, the behavior of the dam body has been investigated in the middle and side sections of the dam body. Numerical solutions made in the Süleymanli Dam show that a cracking can quickly cause the dam to failure due to piping

Dam failure, Earthfill dam, Hydraulic cracking, Süleymanlı Dam