The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River and is known as the most powerful dam by hydroelectric capacity to date.

An interim report from the Association of State Dam Safety Officials reports that a clear factor in the failures of two dams built in the 1920s was static liquefaction (flow) instability of saturated, ...

Yida Zhang is deeply passionate about assessing the stability of dams, but his approach is unconventional. Rather than studying the large aging structures, his research zeroes in on the tiny sand ...

U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped to prevent major calamities, but the May collapse of the 95-year-old Edenville Dam in Michigan illustrates that key failure risks remain—often involving many ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., has made national headlines recently. The reservoir which lies across Nevada and Arizona is formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. And its water ...

Concrete dam engineering involves a multidisciplinary approach to ensure structural integrity, durability and safety. Recent advancements have focused on understanding the complex interplay between ...

Water Power Magazine has reported that a new guide has been published addressing the impact of earthquakes on concrete dams. According to the article, Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams shows ...

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Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending. Storms and floods have intensified in both frequency ...

The Upper Wawa Dam, operated by Manila Water subsidiary WawaJVCo, has once again proven its critical role in flood mitigation ...

Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams is written for graduate students, researcher and professor engineers, and offers a comprehensive and integrated view of current procedures and methods for the ...