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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Dam failures"”.
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A study of dam failures
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1949
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Hydromechanical Stress and Internal Erosion under Earthen Structures
<p>"Dam failures by seepage and internal erosion have reportedly been attributed to up to 40% of all dam failures in the United States. Backwards piping erosion either through the embankment or foundation soils has been reported to be the major contributing method to seepage and internal erosion …
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Dynamic modelling of arch dams in the ambient state
To date, dam failures have resulted in significant losses in the commercial economy and in human life. Raising awareness in the field of structural health monitoring is neccesary to develop contemporary structural analysis and monitoring methods to ensure the integrity of these structures. Hence, …
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Breaching of earth embankments and dams
… techniques, flood embankment and embankment dam failures occur almost routinely around the world. The need to understand, predict and prevent the breaching process remains a high priority for owners and flood risk managers alike. This research provides new understanding and improved methods …
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The development of an interactive computer model for managing geologic hazard databases
… to age and become more unstable and earthen dams are subjected to ever increasing flood events, a more proactive management system is required in order to provide timely information to planners and emergency personnel on demand. In recent years, deaths have occurred associated with both …
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Improvements of MPM and Its Applications in Modelling Rapid Soil/Water Movements
… flows through embankments, overtopping induced dam failures and the erosion of riverbanks and coastal areas. Since numerical simulations are significantly less costly tools than physical experiments even on a small scale, the past decades have witnessed the dramatic development of computer-aided …
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An investigation of liquefied shear strength using novel centrifuge tests, direct simple shear tests, and field case histories
… high-profile catastrophic ash pond and tailings dam failures, which have been classified as flow liquefaction failures, renewed interest in the mobilized shear strength during flow liquefaction failures, usually termed the liquefied shear strength, su(liq). Statistics indicate that although the …
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Beyond Water Regulation: Contamination of Private Wells, Citizen Science, and Corrosion of Household Plumbing
… instance, following Hurricane Florence in 2018, dam failures and flooding of coal ash disposal and reuse sites in NC prompted concerns about potential contamination of well water with hexavalent chromium. There is also widespread naturally occurring Cr(VI) in the groundwater however, and methods …