Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation

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Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 31, 1988 - Science - 811 pages
The present state of the art of dam engineering has been ronmental, and political factors, which, though important, attained by a continuous search for new ideas and methods are covered in other publications. while incorporating the lessons of the past. In the last 20 The rapid progress in recent times has resulted from the years particularly there have been major innovations, due combined efforts of engineers and associated scientists, as largely to a concerted effort to blend the best of theory and exemplified by the authorities who have contributed to this practice. Accompanying these achievements, there has been book. These individuals have brought extensive knowledge a significant trend toward free interchange among the pro to the task, drawn from experience throughout the world. fessional disciplines, including open discussion of prob With the convergence of such distinguished talent, the op lems and their solutions. The inseparable relationships of portunity for accomplishment was substantial. I gratefully hydrology, geology, and seismology to engineering have acknowledge the generous cooperation of these writers, and been increasingly recognized in this field, where progress am indebted also to other persons and organizations that is founded on interdisciplinary cooperation. have allowed reference to their publications; and I have This book presents advances in dam engineering that attempted to acknowledge this obligation in the sections have been achieved in recent years or are under way. At where the material is used. These courtesies are deeply ap tention is given to practical aspects of design, construction, preciated.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
LESSONS FROM NOTABLE EVENTS
8
HYDROLOGY
60
GEOLOGY
106
SEISMOLOGY
153
MATERIALS
172
COFFERDAMS
219
EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF EMBANKMENT DAMS
239
EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE DAMS
416
GRAVITY DAM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
466
ARCH DAM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
493
CONCRETE DAM CONSTRUCTION AND FOUNDATION TREATMENT
540
CONCRETE DAM PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES
578
SPILLWAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
609
SPILLWAY PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES
647
OUTLET DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
686

EARTHFILL DAM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
256
EARTHFILL DAM CONSTRUCTION AND FOUNDATION TREATMENT
321
EARTHFILL DAM PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES
354
ROCKFILL DAM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
368
ROCKFILL DAM CONSTRUCTION AND FOUNDATION TREATMENT
388
ROCKFILL DAM PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES
409
OUTLET PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES
704
RESERVOIRS
722
INSTRUMENTATION
751
SURVEILLANCE
777
INDEX
799
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