Safety Evaluation Of Existing Dams

Written by civil engineers, dam safety officials, dam owners, geologists, hydraulic engineers, and risk analysts, this handbook is the first cooperative attempt to provide practical solutions to dam problems within the financial constraints faced by dam owners. It provides hands-on information for identifying and remedying common defects in concrete and masonry dams, embankment dams, reservoirs, and related structures. It also includes procedures for monitoring dams and collecting and analyzing data. Case histories demonstrate economical solutions to specific problems.

Topics covered in these proceedings include the importance of dam safety; data review, investigation and analysis; hydrologic safety, flood estimation and automation of flood warning system; instrumentation; monitoring systems in new and existing dams; seismic aspects; design and construction innovation; numerical analysis; risk analysis; dam-break studies; emergency action plan; lessons from incidents and failures; rehabilitation and upgrading of existing dams; use of RCC; foundations: problems and solutions; control structures; gates; and isotope techniques in seepage evaluation.