Dam Protections against Overtopping and Accidental Leakage
Published by CRC Press/Balkema, 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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1. Summary
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:
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Failure of embankment and concrete dams due to overtopping or accidental leakage
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Hard protections for embankment dams (RCC, wedge-shaped blocks, reinforced concrete slabs)
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Soft protections for embankment dams (rockfill toes, articulated concrete blocks, vegetation cover)
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Concrete dam protections and additional issues directly related to dam protections
2. 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. Morán
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. Nombré, E.A. Somda, M. Kabore & F. Millogo
Failure of the downstream shoulder of rockfill dams in overtopping or accidental leakage scenario
M.Á. Toledo, H. Campos, Á. Lara & R. Cobo
Structural failure of the clay core or the upstream face of rockfill dams in overtopping scenario
M.Á. Toledo, R.M. Alves & R. Morán
Simulation of the beginning of failure in rockfill dams caused by overtopping
A. Larese, R. Rossi & E. Oñate
CFD study of the time dependent flow pattern around the slope of rockfill dams in overtopping scenario
J. San Mauro, M.Á. Toledo & R. Morán
Soft protections for embankment dams
Design of overtopping-resistant rockfill dams
M.Á. Toledo & L. Morera
Isoresistant double slope for the optimization of overtopping-resistant rockfill dams
M.Á. 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. Morán
Comprehensive literature review on dam overtopping incidents
N. Tavakoli
Barriga Dam spillway: a case study of wedge-shaped blocks technology
R. Morán & M.Á. Toledo
Physical and numerical modeling for understanding the hydraulic behaviour ofWedge-Shaped-Blocks spillways
F.J. Caballero, F. Salazar, J. San Mauro & M.Á. 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.Á. 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. Martínez & E. Martínez
CFD analysis of flow pattern in labyrinth weirs
F. Salazar, J. San Mauro, E. Oñate & M.Á. Toledo
Analysis of the design of energy-dissipating structure in spillways
I. Robles, A. Palacio & A. Rodríguez
Investigación sobre el diseño de protecciones de tipo Repié para evitar el deslizamiento en masa de presas de escollera sometidas a percolaciones extremas
Published by CIMNE, in a collection of monographs. May 2013.
Language: spanish.
Free download at this link.
Diseño de presas de escollera resistentes al sobrevertido
Published by the Spanish Committee on Large Dams. Awarded with the first price "Jose Torán".
Language: spanish.
Link to the website of Spanish Committee on Large Dams.
