TY - JOUR N2 - The aim of the study was to determine the influence of the load on the water accumulation embankment crown on changes in the course of the filtration curve in its body. The study was carried out with a medium-size filtration apparatus. We made a model of hydrotechnical embankment with the following dimensions. Width: base 2.0 m, crown 0.5 m. Slope inclination: waterside 1:1.5, landside 1:1. Embankment height 0.6 m, width 1.0 m, weight 900 kg. The construction mater-ial included a homogeneous mineral subsoil classified as silty medium sand (siMSa). The embankment model made in a medium-size apparatus kept the accumulation level at a height of 0.5 m. With data from the recording systems, we deter-mined the course of the filtration curve. Next, we kept on loading and relieving the embankment crown using an actuator and a VSS plate with a diameter of 300 mm. During this process, we recorded changes in the level of the water table inside the embankment. A decrease in the water table was observed as a result of increased load. Once the load on the embankment crown was reduced, the water level inside the embankment increased. The embankment model built from natural soil works well as a structure that keeps damming water in a continuous manner. The use of drainage in the form of a stone prism at the foot of the landside slope allows protecting the slope against the negative influence of filtration (piping, lique-faction). L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/117278/PDF/Cholewa%20673.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/117278 PY - 2020 IS - No 46 EP - 44 DO - 10.24425/jwld.2020.134196 KW - embankment model KW - filtration KW - medium size filtration apparatus KW - modulus of elasticity KW - water level fluctuations A1 - Cholewa, Mariusz PB - Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute DA - 2020.09.30 T1 - The effect of a change in the load on the embankment crown on water level fluctuations inside the body SP - 38 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117278 T2 - Journal of Water and Land Development ER -