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

Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

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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 ...

Oklahoma City’s Overholser Dam suffers from floodgates that won't open, concrete buttresses that are cracked and support beams that are crumbling. If the dam failed during a record rainstorm, the ...

The Salmon Creek Dam is receiving some much-deserved recognition as the first constant angle concrete arch dam in the country. It is now being dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering ...

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Earlier this month the nation’s second largest reservoir hit a landmark low water level. If Lake Powell loses just 30 more feet of water, Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate electricity ...

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 ...

Growing up, we got to play with all kinds of things in miniature. Cars, horses, little LEGO houses, the lot. What we didn’t get is a serious education with miniature-sized dams. This recreation of the ...

Engineers say most dams in the United States, designed decades ago, are unsuited to a warmer world and stronger storms. By Henry Fountain The dam that failed in Central Michigan on Tuesday gave way ...