Overview

In the last decades, the technology of dam protection has undergone major advancements. The increasing demand for safety in modern society has created the need for cost-effective measures to protect critical infrastructure such as dams. This situation has resulted in the drafting of new regulations and technical manuals in countries like Norway, Sweden, and the USA, among others. Dam Protections against Overtopping and Accidental Leakage includes the latest advances in dam protection, and a portfolio of applications in representative case studies. The main topics include: - Failure of embankment and concrete dams due to overtopping or accidental leakage - Hard protections for embankment dams (RCC, wedge-shaped blocks, reinforced concrete slabs) - Soft protections for embankment dams (rockfill toes, articulated concrete blocks, vegetation cover) - Concrete dam protections and additional issues directly related to dam protections The book includes contributions from the 1st International Seminar on Dam Protections against Overtopping and Accidental Leakage (Madrid, Spain, 24-26 November 2014), and also a summary of the technical manual Overtopping Protection for Dams , published by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in March 2014. Dam Protections against Overtopping and Accidental Leakage provides a comprehensive summary of dam protections, covering case studies and applied research worldwide, and will be invaluable to professionals and academics in Dam Engineering.

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Author:   Miguel Angel Toledo ,  Rafael Moran ,  Eugenio Onate
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Imprint:   CRC Press
ISBN:  

9781315685359

ISBN 10:   1315685353
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   25 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Scientific and Organizing Committees Organizing institutions Supporting institutions Sponsoring company Keynote lectures Technical manual: Overtopping protection for dams T.E. Hepler Review of embankment dam protections and a design methodology for downstream rockfill toes R. Moran Flood overtopping protection for concrete dams W.R. Fiedler Failure of embankment dams due to overtopping or accidental leakage Dam failures of embankment dams caused by overtopping or accidental leakage - New aspects for breach widening and deepening processes A. Vogel, J.-R. Courivaud & K. Jarecka Failure of dams due to overtopping - A historical prospective M.J. Harris Overtopping and internal erosion on small dams in Burkina Faso A. Nombre, E.A. Somda, M. Kabore & F. Millogo Failure of the downstream shoulder of rockfill dams in overtopping or accidental leakage scenario M.A. Toledo, H. Campos, A. Lara & R. Cobo Structural failure of the clay core or the upstream face of rockfill dams in overtopping scenario M.A. Toledo, R.M. Alves & R. Moran Simulation of the beginning of failure in rockfill dams caused by overtopping A. Larese, R. Rossi & E. Onate CFD study of the time dependent flow pattern around the slope of rockfill dams in overtopping scenario J. San Mauro, M.A. Toledo & R. Moran Soft protections for embankment dams Design of overtopping-resistant rockfill dams M.A. Toledo & L. Morera Isoresistant double slope for the optimization of overtopping-resistant rockfill dams M.A. Toledo & L. Morera Practical challenges and experience from large-scale overtopping tests with placed riprap P.H. Hiller & L. Lia Hard protections for embankment dams Continuously-reinforced concrete slab spillways built over embankment dams in Spain: Molino de la Hoz and Llodio Dams R.M. Alves & R. Moran Comprehensive literature review on dam overtopping incidents N. Tavakoli Barriga Dam spillway: a case study of wedge-shaped blocks technology R. Moran & M.A. Toledo Physical and numerical modeling for understanding the hydraulic behaviour ofWedge-Shaped-Blocks spillways F.J. Caballero, F. Salazar, J. San Mauro & M.A. Toledo Masonry dams failure due to overtopping and its protections Failures of masonry or concrete dams by overtopping A. Vogel, F. Laugier & E. Bourdarot Laboratory measurements and numerical simulations of overtopping nappe impingement jets J.M. Carrillo & L.G. Castillo Characterization of the dynamic actions and scour estimation downstream of a dam L.G. Castillo & J.M. Carrillo Highly-converging chutes as an overtopping protection for concrete dams: physical and numerical modelling L. Morera, J. San Mauro, F. Salazar & M.A. Toledo Miscellaneous Probabilistic methods for hydrologic dam safety analysis I. Flores, A. Sordo-Ward & L. Garrote Two-dimensional direct rainfall hydraulic models applied to direct calculation of hydrologic events in dams to prevent overtopping P. Batanero, I. Martinez & E. Martinez CFD analysis of flow pattern in labyrinth weirs F. Salazar, J. San Mauro, E. Onate & M.A. Toledo Analysis of the design of energy-dissipating structure in spillways I. Robles, A. Palacio & A. Rodriguez Author index

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