Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in safety of small dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS, 3. PERIODIC DAM SAFETY EVALUATIONS, 4. TECHNICAL ANALYSES.
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of small dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. SMALL DAM TYPES 2. SMALL CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS 3. EARTHFILL EMBANKMENT DAMS 4. EMBANKMENT DESIGN 5. CONCRETE CONDUITS 6. OUTLET WORKS 7. SOIL EXPLORATION.
Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond the flood zone. Broadening dam and levee safety programs to consider community- and regional-level priorities in decision making can help reduce the risk of, and increase community resilience to, potential dam and levee failures. Collaboration between dam and levee safety professionals at all levels, persons and property owners at direct risk, members of the wider economy, and the social and environmental networks in a community would allow all stakeholders to understand risks, shared needs, and opportunities, and make more informed decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and community resilience. Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice explains that fundamental shifts in safety culture will be necessary to integrate the concepts of resilience into dam and levee safety programs.
- Developments in reservoir hydrology - Innovation in hydraulic structures - Risk and reservoir safety - Environmental implications: benefit and disbenefits - Lessons learned from overseas experience - Investigations and remedial works to extend asset life
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in spillways for small dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL, 2. SERVICE SPILLWAYS.
Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers interested in outlet works for small dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. OUTLET WORKS COMPONENTS.
Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers interested in geotechnical explorations for small dams and similar structures. Here is what is discussed: 1. SURFACE EXPLORATIONS 2. GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION METHODS 3. SUBSURFACE EXPLORATORY METHODS.
Introductory technical guidance for civil, structural and geotechnical engineers and construction managers interested in safety of small dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS 3. PERIODIC DAM SAFETY EVALUATIONS 4. TECHNICAL ANALYSES.