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Analysis of past and future dam formation and failure in the Santa Cruz River (San Juan province, Argentina)
(Elsevier Science, 2013-03)
Around 11.5*10^6 m3 of rock detached from the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz valley (San Juan province, Argentina) in the first fortnight of January 2005. The rockslide-debris avalanche blocked the course, resulting in ...
Reviewing arch-dams' building risk reduction through a sustainability-safety management approach
(2020-01-03)
The importance of dams is rapidly increasing due to the impact of climate change on increasing hydrological process variability and on water planning and management need. This study tackles a review for the concrete ...
Accounting for tailings dam failures in the valuation of mining projects.
The number of major tailings dam failures has doubled over the past 20 years, culminating in the tragic accident at Brumadinho in Brazil where about 300 people lost their lives. In this context, there is a growing demand ...
Análise sobre a Política Nacional de Segurança de Barragens com ênfase nos critérios de monitoramento/instrumentação
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáGuarapuavaBrasilEngenharia CivilUTFPR, 2021-08-27)
Technological evolution has enabled the advancement of security systems in practically all areas of knowledge. Dam engineering has also absorbed these new technologies. However, dam failures still occur. Thus, knowledge ...
Segurança de barragens de terra: simulação do estabelecimento de níveis de controle piezométricos para a barragem Cana Brava, no Ceará
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilUFSMCentro de Tecnologia, 2022-07-01)
Dams are structures of immense relevance to people and public entities because they provide several resources that are essential to human development, such as water supply, irrigation, and electricity. Furthermore, dams ...