Overview

The development of water resources is a key element in the socio-economic development of many regions in the world. Water availability and rainfall are unequally distributed both in space and time, so dams play a vital role, there being few viable alternatives for storing water. Dams hold a prime place in satisfying the ever-increasing demand for power, irrigation and drinking water, for protection of man, property and environment from catastrophic floods, and for regulating the flow of rivers. Dams have contributed to the development of civilization for over 2,000 years. Worldwide there are some 45,000 large dams listed by ICOLD, which have a height over 15 meters. Today, in western countries, where most of the water resources have been developed, the safety of the existing dams and measures for extending their economical life are of prime concern. In developing countries the focus is on the construction of new dams. The proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Dam Engineering includes contributions from 18 countries, and provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in hydropower development, new type dams, new materials and new technologies, dam and environment. Traditional areas, such as concrete dams and embankment dams, methods of analysis and design of dams, dam foundation, seismic analysis, design and safety, stability of dam and slope, dam safety monitoring and instrumentation, dam maintenance, and rehabilitation and heightening are also considered. The book is of special interest to scientists, researchers, engineers, and students working in dam engineering, dam design, hydropower development, environmental engineering, and structural hydraulics.

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Author:   Martin Wieland (Electrowatt-Ekono, Zurich, Switzerland) ,  Qingwen Ren (Hohai University, Nanjing, China) ,  John S.Y. Tan (CI-Premier, Singapore) ,  Tan John S y
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   2.154kg
ISBN:  

9780415362405

ISBN 10:   0415362407
Pages:   1240
Publication Date:   15 September 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Conference organization History of the conference Keynote papers Limit states assessment for earthquake resistance of gravity dams based on crack propagation analysis Continuous compaction control (CCC) for fill dams and roller compacted concrete dams Some recent innovative techniques in the design and construction of high dams in China Design and study on the layout of the Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze river Development of theory and methods on high dam structural analysis Dynamic and pseudo-static failure analyses of embankment dams Summarization of Xiluodu concrete arch dam design Dam safety aspects of reservoir-triggered seismicity Benefits of strong motion instrumentation of large dams Technical papers Author index

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